Former Director of the Olympic Organizing Committee Special Investigation Department voluntarily interviews "legitimate compensation" and denies fraud

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office voluntarily asked the former director of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office in a case in which a former director of the Organizing Committee was searched for a large amount of funds received from the sponsors of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games on suspicion of consignment bribery. I found out from the interviews with the people concerned that I heard it.

The former director explained that the funds received from the sponsor side were "a legitimate compensation for consulting services related to businesses such as golf and bridal," and denied fraud.

Former director Haruyuki Takahashi (78) of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games was bribed by a large amount of money provided to the company represented by the former director from the men's clothing giant "AOKI Holdings", which was the sponsor of the Games. The Tokyo Organizing Committee of Special Investigations is searching for a former director on the 26th on suspicion of bribery.

On the 26th and 27th, the Special Investigation Department heard from former director Takahashi about the situation voluntarily in this case, according to an interview with the people concerned.

Former director Takahashi's company has received at least 45 million yen from the AOKI side since September 2017, and in response to the investigation, the former director said, "Consulting work related to AOKI's overall business such as golf tournaments and bridal. It was a legitimate reward for the game. "

He further denied the injustice by explaining, "I told him that I couldn't cooperate with the Olympics because the work of the director and the work of the consultant are not related."

On the 27th, the Special Investigation Department newly searched the clearing corporation of the Organizing Committee in the home of AOKI founder Hironori Aoki (83) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, and seized related materials, and was a former director. It seems that he is investigating the details of how a large amount of money was paid to the side.