The Tokyo Metropolitan Government investigated whether there were any fraudulent subsidy applications for businesses that were offering free PCR tests for the new coronavirus, and found that the amount of fraudulent applications amounted to 39.3 billion yen, of which 10.2 billion yen. It was announced that it was discovered that yen had been issued.
For a year and a half until May of last year, the Tokyo metropolitan government had been running a project where people could receive PCR and other tests for the new coronavirus for free, and it was providing subsidies to businesses that conducted the tests based on their test performance. I did.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is currently reviewing applications for this subsidy to ensure that there is no fraud, and announced in June last year that the fraudulent application amount was 18.3 billion yen, of which over 1.67 billion yen had been granted. did.
The review continued after that, but it has now been completed and the results were announced on the 26th.
According to the results, the total amount of fraudulent applications that were finally discovered amounted to 39.3 billion yen, of which 10.2 billion yen was granted in total.
Of the 588 businesses that were inspected, 21 businesses made fraudulent applications, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government took measures such as canceling the issuance and ordering refunds, alleging that the number of tests had been inflated.
While some businesses have acknowledged wrongdoing and are willing to return the money, there are others who have not admitted wrongdoing, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will provide information to the Metropolitan Police Department.