To pay for host club expenses”…24-year-old female employee of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau who worked 165 days at eight adult entertainment establishments, “a staggering extra crime”.

A female employee is working at a brothel.

In July 2010, the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau received an accusation from an external party. Based on the information provided, the bureau launched an internal investigation. Upon interviewing the employee in question, a surprising fact was uncovered.

The person who caused the trouble was a 24-year-old female employee, A, a clerk in the corporate taxation department of the tax office. She worked at eight brothels, including a soapland and a delivery health club, for 165 days over a period of one year from April 2009 to April 2010.

The remuneration he received as compensation was approximately 8.26 million yen. He had not filed a tax return until an internal investigation by the National Tax Administration Bureau began. A explained the reason why he was working at the brothel to the investigators. I was scouted on the street and started working there. I started working there because I was scouted on the street, and I wanted to make money to go to a host club.

Most of the time A worked at the brothel, she was on sick leave, having applied for leave under a false name. Sometimes he worked during the daytime on weekdays. On December 23, 2010, the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau dismissed him from his position for violating the National Public Service Law by working at a brothel to raise money for a host club.

DV against his wife and molestation on trains: ……

In May 2009, he took without permission 260,000 yen in social association fees collected at the tax office for congratulation and condolence occasions for employees. A explained that he had also used the social gathering fees for ‘host club fees and personal meals and drinks. However, he repaid the entire amount one month later.

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has had a string of scandals involving its employees, and in June 2010, an unusual situation occurred in which three employees were arrested.

In June 2010, three employees of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau were arrested on suspicion of assaulting and seriously injuring his wife. B was also indicted on the charge of threatening to kill her.

In addition, a national tax examiner at the Chiba Higashi Tax Office committed molestation by touching the thigh of a woman in her 30s who was sitting next to him on the JR Sotobo Line’s down train for 10 minutes. On June 2, a former employee was arrested for cheating on the sustainability benefit by the new Corona” (see above).

In response to the above-mentioned scandal involving a female employee who worked at a brothel, Hiroyasu Hyakutake, head of the National Tax Public Relations and Hearing Office, commented, “It is truly regrettable, and we will work to prevent a recurrence.