Japanese Man Gambles Away Entire COVID Relief Funds for His Entire Village
I don’t think this guy will ever be stepping foot back into the village he once lived at after this:
A Japanese man reportedly gambled away millions of Japanese yen’s worth of COVID relief funds that he received by mistake.
Last month, the Japanese government inadvertently sent a COVID relief fund meant for 463 people worth 46.3 million yen ($360,890) to a 24-year-old man.
After receiving the amount, the man initially said he would cooperate with local authorities but eventually went into hiding. His sudden disappearance prompted the southern town of Abu in Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture to file a civil lawsuit while also considering criminal action. (….)
According to his lawyer, the man lost the entire amount via online casino sites on his mobile phone.
“I don’t currently have the money and I don’t have anything with property value at hand. It’s actually difficult to return it,” the lawyer quoted his client as saying.
Yahoo News
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The traditional way of Japanese folks dealing with shame and disgrace seems to have slipped his mind. But I’d bet at least some of his former neighbors would help him find his courage.