Toshiba faces record US$60b penalty
Print Edition
JAPAN’S market watchdog said yesterday that scandal-hit Toshiba should be slapped with a record US$60 million fine over a profit-padding scheme that hurt the reputation of one of Japan's best-known firms.
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission said it was calling for the 7.37 billion yen penalty — its biggest ever — as it reportedly looks into possible criminal charges against ex-Toshiba executives.
The country's Financial Services Agency must now approve the recommended fine over allegations that Toshiba lied about its finances in earlier stock exchange filings.
“This recommendation is based on the findings of investigations that focused on false statements” made by Toshiba, it said.
Earlier this year, the huge 140-year-old company was hit by the embarrassing revelations that executives systematically pressured underlings to inflate profits in a years-long scheme to hide poor results.
One of the most damaging accounting scandals to hit Japan in recent years, the case forced an incumbent president and seven other top executives to resign.
Toshiba has admitted it had inflated profits by about US$1.2 billion since the 2008 global financial crisis.
The commission is also studying if former Toshiba executives should be pursued on criminal charges, public broadcaster NHK and other local media said yesterday.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
