eh? “I gave birth to triplets twice a year”? ? September 4, 16:17
"I gave birth to triplets twice a year"
What do you think when you hear this story?
A case in which a foreign man and woman living in Japan was arrested for cheating the “lump sum for childbirth and childcare” that is paid every time a baby is born.
What was used was a birth certificate with the stamp of a counterfeited Bolivian government office in South America. When I interviewed, an unexpected fact came into view. (Yokomi Terashima, reporter from Yokohama Broadcasting Station)
Submitted “triplet” birth certificate
A woman in her 30s of Bolivian nationality visited Chiba City's window, the stage of the incident, in May.
The woman applied for a “lump sum for childbirth and childcare” by saying “I gave birth to three children in my home country two months ago”.
At that time, we also submitted a birth certificate issued by Bolivia's Family Register and General Affairs Bureau.
Because the conditions were met, Chiba City paid about 1.21 million yen for a lump sum of childbirth and childcare for three babies about a month later.
Lie certificate how?
However…. At this time, the birth certificate submitted was forged.
A 51-year-old man of Bolivian nationality appears to have made counterfeit documents. I run a company that performs translation and document creation in Yokohama.
Seals with the names of Bolivian hospitals and doctors, official seals of Bolivian government offices. When the police examined the man's home, various forged items came out.
It seems that they had forged the receipts and birth certificates of hospitals that gave birth using these. The childbirth itself was a lie rather than a triplet.
The joint investigation headquarters of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police and Chiba Prefectural Police arrested the Bolivian nationality for suspected fraud.
Community “boss”
According to investigators, the man came to Japan nearly 30 years ago. While working as an engineer, he said he had been supporting the procedures of compatriots who wanted to come to Japan since 1997.
As a result, it seems that it has become a boss in the community centering on Bolivians in Japan.
This time, this man and woman was not a couple.
The investigative executive says:
“Maybe the man was looking for a woman who would be a collaborator in the community network in order to deceive the“ birth and childcare lump sum ”
Not only Chiba but also Gunma
The woman who was arrested moved to Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, immediately after deceiving a lump sum from Chiba City.
About one year before the birth of the triplets that I applied for in Chiba City, I applied for a lump sum using a lie certificate that I had given birth to triplets in my home country.
However, the person in charge of Ota City was suspicious that it was time from birth to application and that it had just moved in from Chiba City, and asked Chiba City.
The woman did not respond when Chiba City, who received the inquiry, asked to submit additional documents. For this reason, the incident was discovered after consulting with the police.
More than 700 million yen for foreign nationals
This time, the person in charge of the Health Insurance Division in charge of paying the lump sum for childbirth and childcare in Chiba City, which was damaged, said, “It was difficult to detect the other party's malicious intentions. I was talking.
Is it difficult to detect fraud?
When I looked into it, I was able to see the problems of the system related to childbirth overseas.
In the first place, “birth and childcare lump sum” is a system established in 1994, 25 years ago, and is paid for each baby when a person with public medical insurance gives birth.
Now, about 400,000 yen is paid per person,
▽ When Japanese give birth overseas,
▽ Even if a foreigner with a resident status returns home and gives birth, you can receive it.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, there are 3076 “birth and childcare lump sums” paid by the National Health Insurance for one year in fiscal 2017 due to overseas childbirth.
Of these, 1,799, approximately 740 million yen, were paid to foreign nationals.
However, as the number of foreigners living in Japan increases, the number of cases of giving birth overseas is increasing.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, there are many cases in which it is difficult to confirm the fact that, for example, when giving birth overseas, it is not possible to contact the hospital listed in the document proving birth. is.
For this reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will check the travel history with passports, air tickets, etc.
▼ We ask you to submit documents such as family register issued by a local public institution, notify you of confirming the fact of childbirth, etc., and ask you to strengthen measures for proper payment.
The local government is ...
Arakawa-ku, Tokyo. During the year up to March last year, there were 41 applications for “lump sum for childbirth and childcare” associated with childbirth overseas.
At that time, a tablet terminal was installed at the counter, and if the applicant was a foreign national, it was connected to an interpreter online and the application was checked for errors.
Still, the attached certificate did not work until the issuer was inquired about the fact.
So, in the middle of last year, we commissioned a private company to translate overseas birth certificates and to check whether the contents were correct. It was confirmed that there were no mistakes after requesting a survey on 8 lump-sum payment applications for overseas births.
The person in charge in Arakawa said, “There is a limit in the administration alone, so I think it is a way to be more accurate in providing a lump sum for childbirth and childcare.”
In various places? ?
A man who seems to be the key man of this incident.
According to the investigator, in the previous investigations, the man had repeatedly applied for lies in multiple local governments in the Kanto and Kansai areas, and there was a suspicion that he had gained more than 20 million yen illegally.
In response to the survey, he stated that he knew about the lump sum and looked at the necessary certificates and procedures. Some investigative executives see that “the company was leaning the management,” saying that “the lump sum of childbirth and childcare was being used for living expenses.”
A lump sum for childbirth and childcare provided to alleviate the economic burden associated with childbirth. The investigation of incidents that devoured this system continues.