IT’S A MIRACLE! A Sapporo, Japan man that was once blind is now able to see. This amazing event was discovered after the man was involved in a hit and run accident and was able to provide the color of the car to police. Too bad the police officers refused to believe it was a miracle and decided to investigate the man. Oh well, at least it was not in vain.

Shinichi Maruyama’s spent years telling the government he was legally blind and collected welfare for the condition. After being hit by a car, Maruyama told police he had been “run over by a red car”. Police grew suspicious of the man after he, a blind man, was able to make out the color of the vehicle so they looked into the man’s life. They were shocked to discover the man had a driver’s license and even more surprising, he was able to renew the license in October of last year.

The charge only cites the period from November 2007 to February where the man claimed to have the disability. Police claim the man was able to collect 41,000 yen a month for his disability in addition to the 155,000 yen he was receiving for being on welfare. That is roughly $1813.98US a month instead of $1434.52US a month. Further research of the man discovered he had been claiming he was blind since 1998 when he submitted an application with a doctor’s certificate stating he was “almost completely blind”.

Maruyama is believed to have received the extra payments for the past five years and allegedly pocketed at least 2 million yen (~$18,509.95US) more than he should have. He has been living off welfare for the past 10 years.

Hopefully this guy is taken off of welfare to teach him a lesson. Ok maybe that might be a death sentence but they should at the very least take money out of whatever they give him from now on. A better idea would be to make him get a job and pay the money back but who knows how that would go. What would a good punishment for this guy be?

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