Supercomputer subsidy fraud defense side "partial tax evasion is acquittal" ruling on March 14th at 13:54
A former president's trial, charged with deceiving state subsidies over the development of supercomputers, ended the hearing on Tuesday, arguing that attorneys were guilty of some tax evasion. The ruling will be sentenced in March.
Former president of a venture company in Tokyo, Motoaki Saito (52), concealed the crime of cheating over 650 million yen in a supercomputer development country in 2014 and hiding about 850 million yen in income. Have been charged with tax evasion.
While the public prosecutor pleaded for eight years in prison, a defendant's lawyer made a final argument in a trial held in the Tokyo District Court on March 14.
A lawyer said, `` The defendants who were busy with the study had no plan or awareness of tax evasion and relied too much on the finance staff, '' he said, and argued that some of the tax evasion was acquitted and was suspended. Seeking a ruling.
At the end of the hearing, the defendant said, "I am guilty of losing credibility in the grant and reflecting on it. I am still working on a number of major developments and want to pay off my sins by making a difference."
The hearing is all over, and the ruling is sentenced in March.