Tokyo prosecutors raid home of ex-Olympic board member -Kyodo (updated)
26/07/2022 05:08
(Adds media report of raid on Dentsu)
TOKYO, July 26 (Reuters) - Tokyo prosecutors on Tuesday
raided the home of former Tokyo 2020 Olympic board member
Haruyuki Takahashi in connection to suspected inappropriate
payments made to him by clothes retailer Aoki Holdings Inc
8214.T , Kyodo reported on Tuesday.
Prosecutors have also raided the office of advertising giant
Dentsu Group Inc 4324.T , Kyodo reported. Takahashi is a former
executive of the firm, which was not immediately available to
comment.
The investigation is looking at whether payments of at least
45 million yen ($325,544) between 2017 and 2021 to a company run
by Takahashi violated a law that prohibits public servants from
taking money in relation to their positions. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2Z10UV
(Reporting by Sakura Murakami, Sam Nussey and Rocky Swift;
Editing by Christopher Cushing and Himani Sarkar)
((Sakura.Murakami@thomsonreuters.com;))