A Covid-19 testing site operated by the company in Kanagawa Prefecture.
MAINICHI SCREENSHOT
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when free Covid-19 testing centers sprung up across Japan, one such center in Kanagawa Prefecture was profiting up to 20 million yen (3.25 billion VND) per day, according to an investigation by the Mainichi newspaper published on September 9.
Accordingly, the trick of this network is to have its employees take saliva for testing. A company in Tokyo masterminded the profiteering scheme, with the link being the company in Kanagawa and then the system of testing facilities under the system.
According to a person involved, the Kanagawa company and its affiliated sampling facilities collected saliva samples from employees, falsely claiming that they were from patients. The samples were then sent to the Tokyo company for testing.
Once the test results were available, the ring applied for subsidies to profit from the total cost of up to 11,500 yen per PCR test.
The employees involved also texted each other saying "we will make a lot of money" and "let's make a lot of money in addition to our salary".
The Tokyo company set a testing quota for the Kanagawa company, initially 100 tests per day and then increased to 500 tests per day by the summer of 2022. An affiliated testing facility even hired part-time workers to provide saliva.
The identities of the two companies have not been disclosed. It is worth noting that neither of them was originally involved in medical testing. The Tokyo company makes water purification equipment, while the Nagakawa company specializes in interior decoration. Both companies declined to comment.
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