Yoshiharu Fujimura、head of Fujichiku Corp.

According to the court, Yoshiharu Fujimura, 63, head of Fujichiku Corp., defrauded the state out of roughly ¥1.4 billion in subsidies by taking advantage of the buyback program that was introduced after the 2001 outbreak of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, in Japan.

The Japan Times Weekly: April 1, 2006
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