Prosecutors have charged a Taipei borough chief with corruption.
Xia Wan Lang夏萬浪 allegedly used fake receipts to get reimburesement for what he claimed were borough expenses, but wherein he allegedly took in over 44,000 NT in illegal gains.
Prosecutors charged him under the Anti-Corruption Act.
Xia, chief of Zhongzheng's WangXi allegedly made the claims under the guise of Mother's Day events from 2016 to 2019.
Prosecutors say that he collected blank receipts from local shops, filled in items that did not match what those stores actually sold, inflated unit prices and quantities, thus inflating total expenses.
He then asked a resident who was unaware of the scheme to submit the receipts for reimbursement.
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