TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a former short-term employee for Google Japan G.Okay. for allegedly impersonating one other worker and sending false emails final yr.
The arrest of Hiroyuki Ishibashi, 33, on Monday is his second within the case, studies Jiji Press (Feb. 2).
Between May and June, Hiroyuki Ishibashi allegedly posed as Google Japan worker in sending false emails to over 100 enterprise companions, claiming {that a} senior worker had obtained a extreme warning from the Labor Standards Inspection Office for harassment and unlawful dismissal.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of obstruction of enterprise operations by fraudulent means, Ishibashi denied the allegations.
Dissatisfied
Ishibashi started working as a short lived worker at Google Japan in 2023. He utilized for a full-time place in August 2024. However, he was rejected. Police imagine this induced him to change into dissatisfied.
The arrest is the suspect’s second. On January 13, police fist arrested him on suspicion of trespassing. In that case, he allegedly broke into the corporate’s premises in mid-January final yr with the intent of recording a administration assembly.
Police later seized computer systems, exterior storage units, IC recorders, and different objects from his residence and a coin-operated locker. Data such because the textual content of false emails and mailing lists was found.
Harassing emails
An inside investigation by the corporate revealed suspicions that he had despatched harassing emails to former senior staff.
The firm suspended him on the finish of January final yr. His short-term employment contract was terminated on the finish of March.
The former senior worker’s new office has additionally obtained a number of threatening emails, together with bomb threats. Police are investigating whether or not the circumstances are associated.