Five first trials, including a former employee of the Yaizu Fisheries Cooperative and a former president of a fish processing company, have been accused of stealing frozen bonito at the Yaizu fishing port in Shizuoka prefecture, which boasts the largest amount of frozen bonito landed in Japan. Four people, including a former fishery cooperative employee, admitted that they had been charged.
On the other hand, the former president denied the charges such as "I bought the stolen goods but did not collude with the theft."
Five people, including Minoru Yoshida (40), a former foreign port sales manager of the Yaizu Fisheries Cooperative, Kazuo Shindo (61), a former president of a fishery processing company in Yaizu City, and Yoshiyuki Okuyama (48), a former managing director. From August to April last year, he was accused of stealing frozen bonito landed at Yaizu fishing port.
At the first trial held at the Shizuoka District Court on the 20th, four of the five, including former chief of staff Yoshida, admitted that they had been charged.
On the other hand, former president Shindo denied the indictment that he had "collusionally or never stolen the theft" and said, "I am very sorry that I bought the stolen goods." ..
The prosecution stated in the opening statement, "The former chief and the former president talked about stealing bonito to make a profit by June 2018 at the latest, and each of them instructed or requested other defendants. The former president and former managing director paid the bonito for the stolen goods to the former chief, but it was still about 200,000 yen cheaper than the regular transaction price. "