Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com, December 7 (Xinhua)-- game developer Yuji Nakamoto, the father of Sonic, who was arrested by Japanese police on November 18, has been arrested for involvement in another insider trading case.

▲ Nakayusi's arrest is because after Nakayusi learned in advance that SE was cooperating with Ateam to develop new mobile games, it was convenient for him to buy about 120000 Ateam shares in advance from late January to late February 2021 to make a profit from it. The amount involved in the case was as high as 144.7 million yen, which is currently equivalent to about 7.394 million yuan.

According to the Asahi Shimbun, the arrest targeted two former SquareEnix employees, Taisuke Sasaki and Yuji Nakatsu. after knowing in advance that the two companies would jointly develop the "first Warrior of final Fantasy 7", they each bought nearly 91000 shares and 120000 shares of Ateam shares in advance, and Tesuke Sasaki not only bought a large number of shares himself, but also told another acquaintance that the two companies would have a cooperative relationship. This acquaintance also spent nearly 1180 million yen to buy nearly 10, 000 shares of Ateam.

▲ "Sonic hedgehog" series IPCTOnews.com previously reported that Japanese police arrested three people, including Yuji Nakai, in November, accusing them of insider trading.

In September 2020, Square Enix launched a DQ mobile game called "Warriors fight Dragons" (Dragon Quest Tact). A small, relatively unknown studio called Aiming is developing the project. Before the announcement, some Square Enix employees heard that the developer was developing new works for the beloved DQ series of games and had bought a large number of shares in the company.

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