TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 32-year-old lady residing in Kanagawa Prefecture for falsely claiming to have been contaminated with COVID-19 and defrauding hospitalization advantages, studies NHK (Nov. 27).
In keeping with police, Chiaki Araki is suspected of forging a COVID-19 house remedy certificates issued by Yokohama Metropolis in 2022, submitting it to a life insurance coverage firm and defrauding roughly 320,000 yen in hospitalization advantages.
Upon her arrest on suspicion of fraud and different crimes, Araki, a resident of Sagamihara Metropolis, admitted to the allegations. “I used the cash for residing bills and to repay money owed from shopper finance firms,” she mentioned.
On the time, Araki was working at one other life insurance coverage firm, the place she had the chance to see certificates submitted by prospects. Police consider that she misused that data to commit the crime.
Police are investigating whether or not she used the identical methodology to defraud a complete of roughly 1.2 million yen.