In an insider trading case involving the development of games by the major game company Square Enix, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office's Special Investigation Department determined that two former employees had invested more than 100 million yen in the stocks of an IT-related company based on inside information that had not yet been made public. was re-arrested on suspicion of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

Two former employees of major game company Square Enix, Yuji Naka (57) and Taisuke Sasaki (39), were re-arrested.



According to the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Employee Nakamoto was informed that an IT-related company in Nagoya City will jointly develop a new game with Square Enix and form a business alliance, based on inside information that had not yet been made public. In addition to illegally purchasing 144 million yen worth of stocks, Sasaki former employee also purchased 105 million yen worth of stocks based on the same information. I'm here.



Last month, the two were arrested on suspicion of insider trading over information on joint development of a game with another company, and the special investigation department and the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission were investigating the details.



Both of them were incumbent employees, and it is suspected that they obtained information such as business alliances from September to December, so the special investigation department and others are planning to further clarify the actual situation.



Investigators have not released the identity of the two men.



Employee Nakamoto is also known as a game creator who was in charge of developing the popular game "Sonic Series" at another major game maker in the 1990s.