Apr 3, 2022
Tax official and six others arrested over COVID-19 aid fraud in Japan
Tokyo police have arrested a group of seven, including a 24-year-old official of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau, on fraud charges related to a government COVID-19 relief program, investigative sources said Thursday. The Metropolitan Police Department believes the group swindled the government out of as much as ¥200 million in benefits aimed at helping smaller