A town official had accidentally sent 46.3 million yen to Sho Taguchi, 24, on April 8 while sending out pandemic-relief subsidies of 100,000 yen each to 463 households exempt from residence tax.

Police said Sho Taguchi, an unemployed man who resides in the Fukudashimo district in the town of Abu, was arrested on May 18 on suspicion of committing computer fraud. Police said he has ...