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Here’s my number: Civic employee telephoned office 1,800 times seeking severance
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 24, 2021
AICHI (TR) – He changed his mind.
Police have arrested a civic employee who is suspected of calling the office of his former employer nearly 2,000 times to collect severance pay, reports Fuji News Network (May 20).
Between December 14, 2018 and the next January 7, Akira Hoshino, 34, allegedly placed 26 telephone calls to the Nagoya Probation Office, where he worked until three years ago.
The calls were attempts to collect severance pay. “I have nothing to lose, so I can do anything,” he reportedly said during one call.
Upon his arrest, Hoshino denied the allegations. “I know nothing [about the matter],” he told police.