TOKYO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- A subsidiary of the Japanese automaker Mazda Motors Corp. admitted Wednesday that it has charged two clients with over 2,000 items of non-existent car maintenance fees over the past 10 years, amounting to some 11 million yen (1.09 million dollars).
Kansai Mazda, a subsidiary of Mazda Motors Corp. in western Japan, said that one of its store in Osaka sent non-existent maintenance fees bills to two car-renting companies between June 2004 and December 2015.
The car-renting companies submitted their doubts about the bills to Kansai Mazda in October 2015. The latter then conducted investigations within the company and found out the misbehavior.
Kansai Mazda said it has returned the falsely charged fees to the two car-renting companies.
Mazda is one of the largest automakers in Japan, with its revenue reaching record high in fiscal 2015, amounting to 3,406.6 billion yen.
