{"id":172009,"date":"2025-07-04T10:09:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T01:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172009&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T01:10:14","slug":"jafukuoka-city-fires-employee","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/jafukuoka-city-fires-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"JA Fukuoka City Fires Employee Over \u00a562 Million Embezzlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A male employee in his 40s at JA Fukuoka City&#8217;s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kanatake <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">branch has been dismissed for embezzling approximately \u00a562 million in cash from multiple users and relatives. From 2021 to March 2025, the employee allegedly deceived clients into handing over passbooks under the pretense of tax payments and withdrew funds for personal use. The misconduct came to light in April when the employee confessed to the branch manager, stating the money was used for gambling. JA Fukuoka City issued a public apology and is considering criminal charges in addition to the dismissal executed on June 28. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250703\/5010028803.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172010\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_jafukuoka_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C801&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"JA Fukuoka City Fires Employee Over \u00a562 Million Embezzlement\" width=\"1400\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_jafukuoka_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_jafukuoka_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_jafukuoka_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C586&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_jafukuoka_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C439&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 male employee in his 40s at JA Fukuoka City&#8217;s Kanatake branch has been dismissed for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172009","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nishi-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172009","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=172009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}