About 78 million yen worth of bitcoin at work Either fraud or former employees arrested January 23 12:06
Former employees were arrested by the Metropolitan Police Agency for deceiving about 78 million yen worth of cryptocurrency "bitcoin," a cryptocurrency owned by the company at work.
Two people were arrested, Hayato Onizuka (25) in Nerima-ku, Tokyo and Takuma Sasaki (28) in Noda, Chiba Prefecture.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the two were arrested, suspected of deceiving about 78 million yen worth of cryptographically calculated "Bitcoin" held by the company at the time of the work of Onizuka.
Onizuka was telling Sasagi, whom he knew on the Internet, of the company's account ID and password he knew, and illegally transferring "bitcoin."
The company managed and operated a cryptographic calculation that was separate from Bitcoin, and Onizuka was the technical director.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the two men have allegedly suspected the investigation.