TOKYO (TR) – A former Mitsubishi UFJ Bank worker this week admitted to stealing gold bars and money from secure deposit bins on the financial institution at two of the financial institution’s branches, stories Jiji Press (Aug. 25).
At the Tokyo District Court on Monday, Yukari Yamazaki, 46, mentioned “I caused a terrible incident that has brought distrust to the entire financial industry.”
According to the indictment, Yamazaki is alleged to have stolen a complete of 29 gold bars (price roughly 333 million yen), roughly 61 million yen in money and 50 journey vouchers (whole worth of 250,000 yen) from six clients’ secure deposit bins between March 2023 and October 2024 on the financial institution’s Nerima and Tamagawa branches.
In a earlier listening to, the prosecution argued that Yamazaki, who was answerable for the secure deposit field, started stealing money and gold bars through the use of spare keys to cowl massive losses incurred in overseas change margin buying and selling. They claimed that she repeatedly transformed the gold bars into money at pawn outlets.
After a buyer filed a criticism, the financial institution launched an investigation on the finish of October final yr. Yamazaki was dismissed in November.
During the investigation carried out earlier this yr, police revealed that the crimes dedicated by Yamazaki had been dedicated over a interval extending for 4 and a half years, with the estimated the whole market worth of the stolen objects exceeding 1.7 billion yen.
The trial was scheduled to conclude on Monday with closing arguments by the prosecution and protection. However, the conclusion was postponed till September 18.