TOKYO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – nineteenth October, 2022) Haruyuki Takahashi, a former member of the Tokyo organizing committee of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, was arrested on bribery suspicions for the fourth time, with two Japanese corporations being searched within the case, media reported on Wednesday.
The companies below suspicion are Sun Arrow Inc., a producer of toy mascots of the Tokyo Olympics, and the ADK promoting firm, the third largest within the nation, based on the Kyodo information company. Both corporations are reportedly believed to have paid bribes value a complete of 54 million Yen ($361,000) to Takahashi. The Japanese prosecutors arrested three representatives of the ADK management.
Takahashi, in flip, was arrested on three different alleged episodes of corruption previous to this case. In explicit, the ex-member of the Olympic organizing committee is suspected of receiving bribes of round 51 million yen from the enterprise go well with firm Aoki Holdings Inc, 76 million yen from the Kadokawa Corp.
media conglomerate, and 15 million yen from the Daiko Advertising Inc. firm, the media outlet reported.
Some of the bribes have been transferred to Takahashi’s accounts and to the accounts of a consulting agency owned by his colleague from the outdated office Dentsu, one among Japan’s largest promoting corporations, Japanese prosecutors mentioned, as cited by Kyodo. Takahashi was reportedly a member of the corporate’s board.
In complete, the previous government member of Olympic organizing committee is charged with taking bribes within the quantity of 196 million yen, which was near $2 million on the time of committing the crimes.
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