Tokushima –
The mayor of Awa City in Tokushima Prefecture and two different folks have been arrested on suspicion of defrauding the municipal authorities of three.5 million yen by inflating the price of a metropolis contract to cowl automobile restore bills arising from an accident attributable to the mayor, prompting police to go looking metropolis corridor on November tenth.
The suspects embody Awa Mayor Hisato Machida, 69, who’s accused of including bills, together with the price of repairing a automobile broken in an accident he prompted, to the contract worth of a cable community challenge commissioned by town.
According to police, Machida and the 2 different suspects allegedly organized the inflated contract in May 2024, ensuing within the metropolis paying a further 3.5 million yen beneath the guise of official challenge bills.
Police launched a search of Awa City Hall shortly after 6 p.m. on November tenth, deploying roughly 10 investigators to look at proof associated to the suspected fraud.
Awa Deputy Mayor Manabu Yasumaru apologized following the arrests, saying, “I would like to apologize for the arrests of the mayor and the others. At this point, that is all I can say.”
Police haven’t disclosed whether or not Machida or the opposite suspects have admitted to or denied the allegations.
Source: TBS