Game designer Yuji Naka, best known for creating the Sonic the Hedgehog video games, has been charged with insider stock trading-related crimes by the Tokyo District Procuratorate’s Special Investigation Bureau. About informs Eurogamer version.
The investigation claims that Naki and his partner Taisuke Sasaki invested approximately 144.7 million yen in Aiming (authors of Dragon Quest Tact) and Atem (developers of Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier). collaboration with major publisher Square Enix. Law enforcement in Japan are confident that Naki and Sasaki are sitting at the front of the game with insider information on hand.
It was noted that the investigation brought charges after Naka was detained for the third time. The game designer was arrested for the first and second time in November 2022 and early December. In both cases, the reason for his arrest was an insider trading investigation.
The exact date of Yuji Naki’s trial has not been announced. In most countries, criminal sanctions in the form of imprisonment are imposed for such offenses.
Formerly socialbites.ca Wrote That a six-year-old boy in the United States spent more than 1 million rubles on gold rings in the mobile game Sonic Forces.