Tokyo police arrested two former Softbank Corp. employees and another man on suspicion of amassing 1.2 billion yen ($7.9 million) through a fraudulent investment scheme using the telecom giant’s name.
Former lawmaker Yoshikazu Higashitani, better known as GaaSyy, raked in more than 100 million yen ($718,000) in revenue through YouTube as his videos, including ones containing suspected threats, heightened his popularity, sources said.
A former Rakuten Mobile Inc. employee is suspected of stealing 5 billion yen ($36.7 million) from the telecom giant by padding bills for base station construction, according to investigative sources.
The managers of three restaurant and sex establishments in Tokyo found themselves on the wrong side of the law for paying protection money to a local yakuza gang that operates in the busy Kanda commercial district of the capital.