Taniguchi is said to have been quite wealthy at one time.Taniguchi was born in Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture. He began to develop a wide range of businesses immediately after graduating from a high school in the city. “He ran a bar in his hometown and also got into the solar power generation and real estate businesses. All of these businesses were doing well, and he was doing quite well. He drove a bright red Ferrari, wore a luxury watch, and drank a lot. I heard that he boasted to those around him that he had won a fortune.”   Taniguchi used his growing fortune to move into Tokyo. He is said to have opened a Korean club in Akasaka and invested in virtual currency. “Taniguchi turned his attention overseas. His focus was on Indonesia. He expected to earn a considerable income from catfish and shrimp farming,” said another reporter from a national newspaper.” The Indonesian business had other objectives besides making money. They had been trapped in a difficult situation by engaging in subsidy fraud. “When he first started the subsidy scam, Taniguchi told an acquaintance, “I get the government’s money to help people.” However, after the summer of 2020, when a number of cases of fraudulent receipt of benefits were uncovered, there was a succession of inquiries from the nominees saying, ‘We want to return the benefit payments, so we want our fees back. Taniguchi, who did not have that much money, was in a tight spot. Even so, he remained bullish. It seems that he was thinking of applying the earnings from his investment in Indonesia to the repayment.” Taniguchi, who has been involved in a massive fraud “to help people,” has expanded his business without any self-discipline and ended up strangling his own neck.