A man in western Japan was sentenced Tuesday to a suspended prison term for computer fraud after an error saw him receive ¥46.3 million in COVID-19 relief money from his town — which he then sent on to a separate account to gamble in online casinos.
The Yamaguchi District Court gave Sho Taguchi a prison term of three years, suspended for five years. The 25-year-old made the transfer after the town of Abu in 2022 mistakenly sent him the sum instead of the planned ¥100,000.