Former Town Official Rearrested for Inflated Contracts.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".

By AI of "Isesaki FM".

A former employee (31) and the president of an office supplies company (49) have been rearrested for allegedly inflating the cost of construction work ordered by Naganohara Town and defrauding the town of cash. The two are suspected of conspiring to have contract changes approved under the pretense that the company had performed some of the work, and thus defrauding the town of over 1.86 million yen. The police have not revealed whether they have admitted to the charges.