TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male worker accounting supervisor for a meals and beverage firm who’s suspected of embezzling greater than 100 million yen.
According to TBS News (Jan. 22), Mitsuru Mori, 52, admits to spending the embezzled funds “at hostess clubs.”
On a number of events over a six-month interval beginning in 2024, Mori allegedly embezzled transferred a complete of roughly 23 million yen from the account of Zetton, situated in Shibuya Ward, to his personal account.
According to police, Mori was the accounting supervisor in command of the corporate’s accounts. Upon his arrest, Mori admitted to the allegations.
“I spent the money at nightlife establishments like kyabakura,” he mentioned in referring to hostess golf equipment. “I did it because I was unhappy with my working environment and became stressed.”
The crime was found following an inside whistleblower criticism in July of final 12 months. Police consider that the overall quantity embezzled exceeds 100 million yen.
According to Zetton’s mum or dad firm, And S.T. Holdings, Mori is believed to have embezzled roughly 170 million yen over a five-year interval beginning in 2020.