TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 44-year-old photographer for allegedly offering unlawful medication to the previous CEO of precision tools producer Olympus Corp.
On a number of events between September 2022 and February of this yr, Takaaki Kaneko allegedly offered cocaine and MDMA, or Ecstasy, to former Olympus CEO Stefan Kaufmann, 56, whereas realizing that they have been unlawful medication.
Based on investigators, Kaneko is believed to have given Kaufmann 0.1 to 0.2 grams of cocaine and one pill of MDMA every time, experiences TBS Information (Nov. 8).
Throughout voluntary questioning, Kaufmann stated that he had bought unlawful medication from Kaneko. After an investigation was launched, they arrested Kaneko.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating the Particular Narcotics Act, Kaneko, who lives in Katsushika Ward, has remained silent, police stated.
On June 18, investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Drug and Firearms Management Division performed a search of the previous CEO’s house in Minato Ward.
On the time, Kaufmann nonetheless maintained his CEO title. Through the aforementioned voluntary session, he denied utilizing unlawful medication. The outcomes of a urine check gave a detrimental consequence for unlawful substances, police stated.
The matter didn’t floor inside Olympus till September, when paperwork detailing the drug transactions arrived on the firm’s headquarters.
The corporate’s later board got here to unanimous determination that the previous CEO “seemingly engaged in behaviors that have been inconsistent” with its code of conduct. On October 28, the corporate introduced that the previous CEO had resigned on account of suspicions of buying unlawful medication.
Police are persevering with the investigation, together with whether or not to file expenses in opposition to Kaufmann.
