Abu Municipality, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was accused of transferring state benefits to another account over the problem of mistakenly transferring state benefits.An agreement was reached in the civil trial on the 22nd provided that the defendant apologized and paid more than 3.47 million yen in settlement money.
Defendant Sho Taguchi, 24, of Abu Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was accused of having transferred 46.3 million yen in the government’s temporary special grant, which was transferred from the city by mistake, to a payment agency, knowing that it had been mistakenly deposited Was accused of use fraud.
Although the municipality recovered almost all the money mistakenly transferred, it also filed a civil suit demanding the defendant to pay the 4,850,000 yen, including the attorney’s fees.
In this trial, on the 22nd, an agreement was reached on the condition that the defendant apologize to the city and residents and pay more than 3.47 million yen in settlement money.
According to the defendant’s attorney, the money from the transaction will be in the form of an appropriation of 3.47 million yen that the defendant has borrowed and deposited with the Legal Affairs Office to compensate the damage.
In the criminal trial, however, the first trial will take place on the 5th of next month.
The attorney of the accused “Best solution”
Daisuke Yamada, the defendant’s lawyer, said the deal was reached. I think it will be an opportunity to start over. The defendant also wanted to apologize for causing trouble for the city and residents, so he said he was happy that an agreement was reached on condition that he apologize. “I was.
Abu Town Mayor Hanada “Great Break”
Regarding the settlement, Norihiko Hanada, Mayor of Abu Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, said: “I sincerely apologize to the citizens and all the people who have caused problems and concerns for this incident. We will take measures to prevent a recurrence in the future. At the same time, with today’s “reconciliation” as an important milestone, we will dispel the dark image that has emerged from the incident and the mayor and staff will work together to take a great and powerful step towards the restart. ” a comment.
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