TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested 31-year-old former accountant for a landscaping company in Komae City who is suspected of embezzling around 100 million yen from the company’s accounts.
Between June and August of last year, Ukyo Tomikawa allegedly embezzled a total of 6.8 million yen from the company’s accounts, reports NHK (Nov. 13).
Upon his arrest, Tomikawa admitted to the charges. “I used the money for boat racing, slot machines and hostess clubs,” he told police.
According to police, Tomikawa was the company’s accountant at the time and was in charge of the bankbooks and other documents.
The embezzlement was discovered when another employee noticed falsifications in the books and suspicious withdrawals from the account on holidays.
The arrest is not the first for Tomikawa. He was dismissed from the company after police accued him of embezzling 4.5 million yen.
With more than 100 million yen having been withdrawn from the company’s accounts with an unknown use, police are continuing the investigation with an eye on whether Tomikawa was behind the disappearance of all of the misappropriated funds.
