As a result of the investigation, it was found that 24 prefectural assembly members, which corresponds to roughly 30%, and one faction's use of a total expenditure of approximately 4.9 million yen was illegal, and demanded its return.

[15][16] In July, the Prefectural Assembly brought an accusation against Nonomura to the HPP on the crime of making of false documents/uttering of same in the joint names of each faction representative,[14] and in the subsequent criminal investigation, it became clear that he had carried out one-day Fabricated business trips spanning 197 times a year,[17] buying cash vouchers under the guise of "postage fees" and privately using them,[18] falsification of his credit card usage statement,[19] etc.

In January 2015, the prefectural police sent the files on Nonomura to the Kōbe District Public Prosecutors Office (KDPPO) on suspicion of fraud and making of false documents/uttering of same.

[21] On August 18 of the same year, the KDPPO indicted Nonomura without arrest[22] with fraud and making of false documents/uttering of same in which he cheated them out of a total of 9,132,050 yen in expenses for political activities.

[23] Furthermore, on the occasion of the scandal of Nonomura being scooped, coupled with the fact that it was an extremely strange spectacle in which the person in question answered questions while wailing in a loud voice at a press conference, they called it a big topic in the world, and not only was it made into a joke by comedians on Variety shows, but it was also to the extent that productions like parodies of the same conference were done in some of the TV dramas and TV animations.

", which corrupted the exclamatory noises at the time of Nonomura's conference, was chosen for the Silver Award in the Internet Buzzwords Grand Prize of the same fiscal year.

[27] Hideo Iwatani, an LDP prefectural asm., had earmarked the highest returned amount of approximately 1.69 million yen for gasoline charges for his personal use, etc.