29-year-old Kanagawa prefecture employee suspended for six months due to gambling and information leak: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

On the 26th, Kanagawa Prefecture suspended a 29-year-old male employee of the Environmental and Agricultural Administration Bureau for six months for gambling at an online casino and leaking personal information obtained in the course of his work to a money lender in order to obtain a loan. It was a disciplinary action.

According to the prefecture, between 2020 and 2023, in addition to gambling by accessing overseas sites from their smartphones, a total of 11 people, including co-workers and outside civilians, were involved in obtaining loans from multiple unregistered money lenders to raise funds. Provided the name and phone number of the person without permission. He also provided his own bank account information to another lender, which was used in at least two investment fraud cases.

I discovered this when I started receiving frequent phone calls at my workplace reminding me to repay my debts. She is quoted as saying, “I started it casually after seeing an advertisement online.”