In a trial in which Mr. and Mrs. Kagoike, the president of Moritomo Gakuen, were accused of deceiving government subsidies, the Osaka High Court of the second trial sentenced them to prison.
The president of Moritomo Gakuen, Yasunori Kagoike (69) and Ryoko Kagoike (65), have a total of 1 subsidy from the national government, Osaka Prefecture, and Osaka City for the construction of elementary schools and the operation of kindergartens. He was accused of fraud and other charges for deceiving more than 770 million yen.
In February, the first trial
sentenced the president to five years' imprisonment, and
▽ acquitted his wife, and sentenced him to a suspended sentence. Both the couple and the prosecutor's office appealed. I did.
In the judgment of the second trial on the 18th, Judge Maki Nishida of the Osaka High Court said about Kagoike, "Let's get a lot of subsidies from the government and use them for construction costs" to the elementary school designers. He had made a false application at his own discretion, "and sentenced him to five years in prison following the first trial.
In addition, regarding Defendant Ryoko, he decided that "the school is a family-owned business, and there was a recognition that the president was making an inflated request based on the contents of the documents," etc. , Sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison.