SHIZUOKA (TR) – Shizuoka Prefectural Police this week referred the previous mayor of Ito City to prosecutors on three new costs over an ongoing educational fraud scandal, investigative sources mentioned, studies Nippon News Network (June 5).
Maki Takubo, the previous mayor, was already indicted with out arrest in March. She was beforehand charged with forging a diploma from Toyo University’s Faculty of Law and giving the town council’s chairman and vice-chairman a “quick glimpse” of the pretend doc to silence doubts. She was additionally charged with committing perjury earlier than a particular metropolis council investigative committee.
On Thursday, police hit Takubo with three extra allegations, together with violations of the Public Offices Election Law.
She is now accused of feeding her fabricated resume to news organizations to have it printed, in addition to inflicting the pretend credentials to be printed within the metropolis’s official public relations journal.
Authorities acknowledged that this newest referral to prosecutors concludes the prolonged police investigation into the previous mayor’s background-faking scandal.
According to sources near the investigation, Takubo has persistently maintained her innocence, denying all allegations throughout voluntary police questioning.