April 9, 2015

Katsuichi Fusamae, a senior accounting officer at Molex Japan Co. Ltd., agreed to settle SEC charges he cost his company millions of dollars in trading losses and manipulated accounting records to avoid detection.  Specifically, the SEC alleged Fusamae engaged in unauthorized equity trading in the company’s brokerage accounts that resulted in losses of more than $110 million and then concealed the losses by taking out unauthorized and undisclosed company loans with Japanese banks and brokerage firms to replenish account balances.  Fusamae admitted wrongdoing and accepted a permanent bar from serving as an officer or director of a publicly traded company with possible monetary sanctions to come.  SEC

Tagged in: Accounting Fraud, Market Manipulation and Trading Violations, Misrepresentations, Securities Fraud,