A temporary employee who was in charge of accounting for a political organization of the Nissan Group's labor union was arrested on suspicion of embezzlement on the job after embezzling approximately 2.6 million yen in political funds from the organization.
In response to the investigation, he reportedly stated that he had embezzled more than 140 million yen, including from another political organization.
The person arrested was Yumi Karatsu (61), a former temporary employee who worked for the political organization of Nissan Group's labor union, Nissan Labor Federation.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Karatsu is suspected of embezzlement in the course of business, as he transferred 2.68 million yen from a political organization's savings account to his own account in multiple installments in October 2019, when he was in charge of accounting. I am.
It is said that she kept the group's passbooks and seals and falsified them by recording fictitious expenditures on political fund income and expenditure reports.
After her embezzlement amount became large and she disclosed it to those around her, she was fired and the organization filed a criminal complaint, which led to an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department.
The suspect was also in charge of accounting for another political organization, and upon investigation, admitted the charges and said, ``In total, the two organizations embezzled more than 140 million yen.'' "I used the money for things like that," he said in a statement.