Over 35 million yen has been returned to a local government in western Japan that mistakenly sent 46.3 million yen ($363,000) in COVID-19 relief money to a single resident, a source close to the case said Monday.A payment collection firm returned the funds, which were part of support meant for 463 low-income households in Abu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and transferred in error to local resident Sho Taguchi, 24.Police and the Abu government are investigating the details leading to the repayment. Taguchi was previously described as telling police he spent the money in online casinos.Taguchi was a…READ FULL ARTICLE
