Former employee of hard disk outflow "earned 10 million yen" arrested December 16 18:08
Due to the issue of the hard disk of Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office in the online auction, it took 10 days since the former employee of the data erasure company was arrested for taking another disk.
Former employees have been selling at online auctions for many years, and it was found through interviews with investigators that they had stated that they earned about 10 million yen.
For this issue, Yuichi Takahashi, a former employee of “Blow Drink” in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, who undertook the disposal of the hard disk of Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department on the suspicion of stealing another 12 hard disks. The
On the 16th, it was 10 days after being arrested, and in response to the investigation so far, Takahashi acknowledged the case of Kanagawa Prefectural Government and explained that he had taken out a hard disk for the purpose of selling at an auction for about three years ago. However, in an investigation after that, it was found in interviews with investigators that he stated that he earned about 10 million yen at the auction.
In addition, search for the home of the suspect Takahashi in Yokohama city has been carried out so far. The Metropolitan Police Department will proceed with the analysis of seized materials and the sale history of auctions, and will investigate the actual situation of large-scale outflows in detail.
The actual situation
Investigations by the Metropolitan Police Department and investigations by the company have revealed the detailed status of mass spills of hard disks.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, suspect Takahashi had taken hard disks out of the “data erasing room” in the office of Ota-ku, Tokyo and exhibited them in an online auction.
In an in-house survey of "blow drink" that he worked for, Takahashi had listed 7844 items, including hard disks, at the auction since joining the company, of which 3904 were recording media such as hard disks is.
The breakdown is as follows. Hard disk drive is the most, 1286 points, SSD = solid state drive with higher functions such as large capacity is 1224 points, USB memory is 742 points, SD cards are 558 points, smartphone is 75 points, tablet Was 19 points.
The company checks the number of items that have been taken from inside the company by serial number, etc., and checks whether there was anything before the data was erased.
Also, Takahashi admits that 18 hard disks used in the Kanagawa Prefectural Office have been accepted, but according to the company, 9 of these were recovered, but the remaining 9 were not found. about it. The Metropolitan Police Department will investigate the sales history and clarify the whole picture.