{"id":166035,"date":"2024-10-08T17:26:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T08:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=166035&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-10-08T17:26:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T08:26:37","slug":"ex-city-councilor-c19-loan-fraud","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/ex-city-councilor-c19-loan-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-City Councilor Sentenced to 10 Years for COVID-19 Loan Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A former city councilor from Neyagawa, Osaka, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to repay \u00a5198 million by the Fukuoka District Court for fraud related to COVID-19 loans. The councilor and accomplices defrauded facilities in Osaka and Kurume, Fukuoka, of around \u00a5290 million by falsely claiming to help secure government loans. They also deceived a government agency into transferring \u00a5600 million through fake documents. The court called the actions &#8220;malicious&#8221; and &#8220;exploitative&#8221; of a loan system meant to aid medical facilities.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20241007\/5010025830.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ex-City Councilor Sentenced to 10 Years for COVID-19 Loan Fraud\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former city councilor from Neyagawa, Osaka, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to repay \u00a5198 million by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":146751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-166035","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/166035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}