His lawyer claimed the 24-year-old unemployed man was apologetic for spending the majority of the money; the money was meant for pandemic relief for low-income households on online casinos in other countries.

A Japanese man received the town’s covid funding by mistake

Sho Taguchi squandered away the majority of the $360,000 in Covid-19 aid; that his small municipality had inadvertently sent to his personal bank account, according to investigators.

The 24-year-old has now been arrested, according to police; after admitting to spending the majority of the money intended for pandemic relief for low-income homes.

According to Yamaguchi prefectural police, Taguchi, an unemployed resident of Abu in western Japan; he is being arrested on suspicion of computer fraud.