Olympic rigging incident Dentsu multiple people admit involvement in illegal order adjustment

In a bid-rigging case involving bidding for work related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics test competitions, multiple persons in charge of advertising giant Dentsu accused the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office of special investigation of involvement in illicit order coordination. Interviews with people involved revealed that he began to admit the statement.

The Special Investigation Department and others are believed to have led the bid-rigging with the former deputy director of the organizing committee of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, and are investigating the actual situation.

The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee is suspected of collusion with multiple companies, including Dentsu, regarding bidding for work related to test competitions for each sport ordered by the Organizing Committee. The District Public Prosecutor's Office and the Japan Fair Trade Commission are conducting an investigation on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Act.

According to people involved, the suspects are 26 bids held in 2018 to select contractors for the planning of the test competition, and the organizing committee is investigating the company's order record for each competition. to create a list of companies scheduled to participate in bidding.

After acknowledging that they cooperated with the preparation of the list in response to the special investigation department's voluntary interviews, multiple Dentsu staff said, I was explaining to the effect that it does not fall under ", but I recently found out that I started to make a statement admitting illegality.

On the other hand, the former deputy director of the Organizing Committee, who was in charge of the operation of the tournament and was responsible for coordinating orders based on the list, has denied the recognition of collusion in a voluntary interview.

The Special Investigation Department and others are believed to have led the collusion with the former deputy director of Dentsu, and are working to clarify the actual situation in order to pursue criminal responsibility.