TEPCO Holding Company Employees and Others Unauthorized Viewing of Customer Information “Investigate and take action” Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Until January this year, more than 70 employees of TEPCO's holding company and subsidiaries involved in renewable energy business had access to customer contact information and other information held by another subsidiary that handles electricity transmission and distribution.

Employees of the holding company allegedly used the fraudulently viewed customer information in compensation procedures following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident.