(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)Immigration officers escort Mitsuhiro Taniguchi, 47, of Japan, center, before a press conference at immigration office in Jakarta, Indonesia Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Authorities on Indonesia’s Sumatra island arrested a Japanese fugitive accused of helping steal $7.3 million intended for small businesses in Japan hurt by the coronavirus, police said Wednesday. Taniguchi was wanted by Japanese police for COVID-19 subsidy fraud and left Japan for Indonesia in October 2020, Prasetyo said. “His presence in Indonesia became illegal after the Japanese authorities revoked his passport,” Prasetyo said. It said the three are suspected of defrauding the government of 3 million yen ($22,500) in COVID-19 subsidies from June to August 2020.

Source: ABC News June 09, 2022 01:03 UTC