First Arrest in Japan for Misusing Authority and Illegally Collecting My Number Documents; 40 Family Members Falsely Claiming to Be Dependents

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On the 10th, the Saitama Prefectural Police Life and Economic Affairs Division arrested Kaito Tanaka (31), a Tokorozawa City employee from Hachioji City, Tokyo, on suspicion of violating the My Number Act (abuse of authority) for illegally collecting the My Numbers of 14 relatives. According to the prefectural police and the city, he used the My Numbers he collected to add his relatives to his and his wife's dependents without permission, receiv…