FUKUOKA (TR) – Fukuoka Prefectural Police have despatched papers to prosecutors on a male police inspector in Kitakyushu City who positioned wagers on on-line casinos, stories Jiji Press (Feb. 21).
On February 21, police despatched papers on the inspector from the Kitakyushu District Organized Crime Investigation Division to the prosecutor’s workplace.
Police additionally imposed a one-month suspension as disciplinary punishment. The unnamed inspector resigned the identical day.
According to the Inspector’s Office, the inspector transformed a complete of about 500,000 yen into cryptocurrency property and deposited them into abroad on-line on line casino websites between August 2022 and August final 12 months.
He wager a complete of about 8.9 million yen, primarily on slots. When questioned, he stated, “I was aware that it was illegal, but I continued because I thought it would be okay to bet about 20 yen per time.”