Mito Keisei Department Store in Mito City illegally received more than 300 million yen in total including the government’s “employment adjustment subsidy” by falsifying work data, Ibaraki Prefectural Police said on the 7th. Suspiciously, a department store and a former executive’s home were searched.
The police searched the Mito Keisei Department Store in Mito City and the former general manager of the department store.
Mito Keisei Department Store illegally received more than 306 million yen, including the national “employment adjustment subsidy” provided to companies affected by the new corona, for two years and four months until August last year. It was revealed in an internal survey that he had received it, and it was announced in January this year.
According to an internal investigation, the former general affairs manager, who was a director at the time, falsified work data and applied for subsidies from the government, such as treating employees’ work days as holidays.
On the morning of the 7th, the police began searching the department store where the head office is located and the home of the former general affairs manager on the suspicion of fraud regarding this fraudulent receipt.
Of these, the search of the former general affairs manager’s home ended in the morning, and the police voluntarily asked the circumstances.
In the future, the police will investigate the actual situation of work, etc., and will investigate in detail the circumstances of the fraudulent receipt.
Of these, at the home of the former general affairs manager of Mito Keisei Department Store, where the police searched, five investigators entered the search following 8:00 am on the 7th.
The former general affairs manager responded to the search following leaving the investigator at the entrance.
Investigators wearing gloves later went through the documents in the house.
The search continued until regarding 9:40 a.m., regarding an hour and a half later.
Also, following this, the police voluntarily asked the former general affairs manager regarding the situation.
A spokesperson for Mito Keisei Department Store in Mito City said that the police were visiting the department store on the morning of the 7th and said, “I would like to cooperate with the police investigation.”
An 86-year-old woman who visited a department store for shopping on the morning of the 7th said, “I visit every month for shopping and dining, but if something like this happens, there will be no stores I can go to with peace of mind. I was talking.
In addition, a 56-year-old man said, “Even though the store had a good image as a high-class store, when something like this happens, trust is lost. I want the company to have a more open atmosphere.”