In a court case in which two former secretaries of the House of Representatives of the Komei Party were accused of illegally mediating a special loan for the new corona measures of the Japan Finance Corporation to multiple companies without being registered as a money lending business. The Tokyo District Court sentenced the two to a suspended sentence, saying that it was an extremely large-scale professional offense and the criminal liability was not light.
Defendant Akira Shibuya (61), a former member of the House of Representatives of the Komeito Party, and Defendant Yutaka Kawashima (79), a former corporate officer, have provided a special loan from the Japan Finance Corporation to support companies whose business performance has deteriorated due to the new Corona. Was accused of violating the Money Lending Business Act for mediating to multiple companies without being registered as a money lending business.
In a ruling on the 24th, Toshihiko Niwa, the judge of the Tokyo District Court, said, "The loan amount has reached more than 2.3 billion yen, which is an extremely large-scale professional crime. Former Secretary Shibuya abuses his position as a secretary to a member of the Diet. It plays an indispensable role in the crime, and the criminal liability is not light. "
After that, he sentenced former secretary Shibuya to a two-year imprisonment and a three-year suspended sentence fine of 1 million yen, and to former officer Kawashima a two-year imprisonment and a three-year suspended sentence fine of 2 million yen.
Former State Minister of Finance Kiyohiko Toyama, who was also charged in this case, has already been convicted of suspended sentence.