Turned from innocence sentenced to prison for lawyer and ex-wife for tax evasion Tokyo District Court June 29, 15:41

Tokyo district lawyer and ex-wife were accused of tax evasion of more than 800 million yen obtained from real estate transaction, and after being acquitted, the Tokyo District Court was retried, the Tokyo District Court was imprisoned for 2 years and 6 months I sentenced my ex-wife to a prison sentence of 1 year and 6 months in prison.

Tokyo Chiyoda Ward lawyer, Kotadaira (78), and ex-wife and certified public accountant, Mariko Kotani (69), have hidden about 2.2 billion yen in income from real estate transactions and evaded 810 million yen. He was arrested and prosecuted 10 years ago by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office.

In 2014, the Tokyo District Court pleaded guilty to the fact that the main body of the transaction is the company, which cannot be said to be the profits of the individual.

In a ruling on the 29th, Tokyo District Court Judge Toshiro Nohara said, "It was recognized that the two affiliated companies were used to make the transaction to escape the tax, and the profits belong to the individual. The tax evasion amount is extremely large." As a result, he sentenced defendant Kotani to imprisonment for two years and six months and a fine of 200 million yen.