The town of Abu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, has been indicted for transferring the government benefits to another account in the problem of mistakenly transferring the government benefits. In the civil trial, a settlement was reached on the 22nd on the condition that the defendant apologized and paid more than 3.47 million yen as a settlement money.
Defendant Sho Taguchi, 24, of Abu Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was accused of transferring 46.3 million yen in the government’s temporary special benefit, which was transferred from the town by mistake, to the account of a payment agency, knowing that it was mistakenly deposited. He has been charged with use fraud.
Although the town recovered almost all of the money that was mistakenly transferred, it also filed a civil lawsuit demanding that the defendant pay for the 4,850,000 yen, including the lawyer’s expenses.
In this trial, on the 22nd, a settlement was reached on the condition that the defendant apologized to the town and residents and paid more than 3.47 million yen as a settlement money.
According to the defendant’s lawyer, the settlement money will be in the form of allocating the 3.47 million yen that the defendant borrowed and deposited with the Legal Affairs Bureau to repay the damage.
On the other hand, in the criminal trial, the first trial will be held on the 5th of next month.
Defendant’s Lawyer ‘Better Solution’
Daisuke Yamada, the defendant’s attorney, said that the settlement was reached. I think it will be an opportunity to start again. The defendant also wanted to apologize for causing trouble to the town and residents, so he said that he was glad that a settlement was reached on the condition of an apology.” I was.
Mayor Hanada of Abu Town “Big break”
Regarding the settlement, Norihiko Hanada, the mayor of Abu Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, said, “I sincerely apologize to the townspeople and all the people who have caused trouble and worry about this incident. We will take measures to prevent recurrence in the future. At the same time, with today’s ‘reconciliation’ as a major milestone, we will dispel the dark image that has arisen from the incident, and the mayor and the staff will work together to take a big and powerful step toward restarting.” I posted a comment.