TOKYO, July 21 (Xinhua) — Japan’s main used automotive seller Bigmotor would possibly face additional investigation following the report that its staff have been instructed to conduct car insurance coverage fraud.
Nearly 60 % of 382 surveyed staff on the Tokyo-based seller and restore manufacturing unit chain mentioned they’d been ordered by their supervisors to pad automotive restore prices to obtain larger insurance coverage payouts, in response to an investigation report just lately launched by the agency.
The 50-page report revealed that there have been instances of deliberately damaging automobiles with the intention to inflate restore prices and fraudulently declare insurance coverage claims.
Some staff broke the quilt of the headlight, scratched the automotive physique with a screwdriver, scratched the automotive physique with candles and sandpaper, and even hit the automotive physique by swinging a golf ball in a sock, mentioned the report.
According to the report, a complete of 1,198 instances, or 44 % out of two,717 sampled instances have been suspected of some form of inappropriate act.
The report was primarily based on a probe performed by a panel of out of doors attorneys tasked with reviewing the fraud instances.
On Friday, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki advised the press that it will be “unforgivable” if the report is true, including that the ministry will reply appropriately primarily based on legal guidelines and laws, in response to native media retailers.
Tetsuo Saito, Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, additionally famous {that a} public listening to relating to Bigmotor is predicted within the close to future and on-site inspections of problematic workplaces is perhaps carried out.
Three main Japanese non-life insurance coverage corporations that obtained the fraudulent declare have demanded that Bigmotor return the overpaid insurance coverage cash and provides detailed explanations.