Former temporary employee of Nissan Labor Federation arrested; confesses to embezzlement of over 140 million yen. The person arrested was Yumi Karatsu (61), a former temporary employee who worked for the political organization of Nissan Group's labor union.
It is said that she kept the group's passbooks and seals and falsified them by recording fictitious expenditures on political fund income and expenditure reports. The suspect was also in charge of accounting for another political organization, and upon investigation, admitted the charges and said, "I used the money for things like that"