In a case in which a former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West was arrested for illegally taking company customer information and leaking it to a list agency, he reportedly gave a statement as to his motive, such as ``I did it because I was short of money.'' This was revealed through interviews with people involved in the investigation. Police believe that he may have received money from a listing agent and are investigating the details of the incident.
Suspect Masahiro Kageyama (63), who was a temporary employee at NTT Business Solutions, a subsidiary of NTT West Japan, downloaded and duplicated file data containing customer information of companies in Okayama Prefecture from the company's server in January last year. , was arrested on January 31st on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act for transmitting and leaking the information to a list vendor in Tokyo.
He admitted to the charges during police investigation, but interviews with investigators revealed that he had stated his motive was, ``I did it because I was short of money.''
The suspect was in charge of operation and maintenance of a call center system, and police believe that over a period of nearly 10 years, he illegally took personal information of approximately 9.28 million people owned by local governments and companies that contracted it, and sold it to multiple directory companies. We believe that he received more than 20 million yen in money, and we are looking into the details.