Moritomo Gakuen Chairman Kagoike and his wife, who were accused of defrauding the government of subsidies, the Supreme Court did not recognize their objection to the decision to dismiss the appeal, and sentenced them to 5 years and 2 years in prison. A month's prison sentence was finalized each.
In the future, they will be accommodated in penal institutions such as prisons.
Moritomo Gakuen chairman Yasunori Kagoike, 69, and his wife, Ryoko Kagoike, 66, have been accused of using subsidies from the national government, Osaka Prefecture, and the city of Osaka over the construction of an elementary school and the operation of a kindergarten. He was charged with fraud and other crimes for defrauding him out of more than 170 million yen.
At the trial, Chairman
Kagoike claimed innocence except for admitting some wrongdoings, and Defendant Yoshiko claimed innocence in all respects.
5 years
▽ Defendant Isako was sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years and 6 months,
both of which were sentenced to prison, and the Supreme Court decided in January to dismiss the two appeals.
Dissatisfied with this decision, the two filed an objection, but presiding judge Takuya Miyama of the First Petty Bench of the Supreme Court made a decision to reject it by the 2nd, and the prison sentence was finalized.
The two will be housed in penal facilities such as prisons in the future.