TOKYO, July 12 (Xinhua) — A Tokyo court docket on Wednesday sentenced the previous president of Japanese promoting firm ADK to a suspended jail time period over bribery costs related to sponsorship of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Shinichi Ueno, 69, to 2 years in jail, suspended for 4 years, after he was accused of paying round 14 million yen (100,000 U.S. {dollars}) to former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee government Haruyuki Takahashi for favors over sponsor choice.
According to the ruling, Ueno colluded with two of his subordinates, Shigeharu Hisamatsu, 64, and Toshiaki Tada, 61, to have ADK chosen as a advertising and marketing agent for the worldwide occasion.
Hisamatsu was handed a jail sentence of 1 12 months and 6 months, suspended for 3 years, and Tada was given a time period of 1 12 months, suspended for 3 years. The rulings have been finalized.
The high-profile corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo Games led to the indictment of 15 folks, together with Takahashi, who has been charged with accepting bribes from Ueno and others in return for serving to firms win contracts as Olympic sponsors or advertising and marketing brokers.
With the newest ruling, 9 of them have been discovered responsible.