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Japanese accused of stealing US$7.3 million in Covid subsidies seized in Indonesian fishing village | South China Morning Post

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An international manhunt for a Japanese man accused of stealing some US$7.3 million in coronavirus subsidies offered to struggling businesses in Japan ended in his capture in a fishing village on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Mitsuhiro Taniguchi, 47, reportedly submitted more than 1,700 false claims for pandemic…

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