Chapter 2 The Troubles Resurface: State-owned Assets Supervision Bureau
The next day, at 9:32 a.m., Jiang Teng Law Firm.
Kitahara and Miyagawa are already handling work in the office. They were delayed for too long in Kyoto, and there was a backlog of cases that needed to be dealt with.
Miyagawa was sitting at his desk, rummaging through the case files and sorting documents in a hurry. The familiar routine seemed to be back again.
Kitahara also opened the materials and prepared for work. Tracking Eto is certainly the most important thing, but the trivial life still has to go on. This office must have a certain operating income to be able to maintain it normally.
Working attentively.
Suddenly, Beihara's cell phone on his desk vibrated——
The screen lights up and a phone number appears.
The number starts with 081.
This is the common number used by agency personnel on their work cell phones.
Kitahara knew this number. This number belonged to the accounting investigator Yuki. He had visited her in the ward a few days ago. At this time, she should be continuing to recuperate in Kyoto and not return to Tokyo soon. At this time, she called
Give it to yourself, why are you here?
Beihara picked up the phone, walked to the next room, and pressed the answer button.
Yuki's voice came from the mobile phone.
"Lawyer Beihara, I just got some news from my colleagues, which is related to you."
"Aren't you still recuperating? Why are you still asking for all kinds of information?"
Yuki's laughter came over the phone, "Lawyer Kitahara. We at the Accounting Investigation Institute are responsible for auditing. Of course we need the most informed information at all times. Otherwise, we won't know how Lian died."
Yuki is not exaggerating.
Just two years ago, two staff members of the Accounting Investigation Institute died in a hotel fire.
"So, what is it?"
"In short, you are in trouble, Lawyer Kitahara."
Kitahara frowned when he heard what Yuuki said. He had just been freed from the turmoil in Kyoto, and unexpectedly a new incident came to his door. The trouble of an accounting inspector calling specifically to report it was unimaginable.
And knowing is a tricky thing.
"What on earth is going on?"
There was sudden silence on the other end of the phone.
It's like the people over there are checking to see if anyone is listening.
After another while, Yuuki's voice came:
"The Asset Supervision Bureau in Tokyo is investigating you."
The Assets Supervision Bureau is the abbreviation of "State-owned Assets Supervision Bureau". It is mainly responsible for supervising whether the expenditure of various public funds complies with legal regulations. Specifically, whether the use of public funds of various municipalities is in accordance with the budget, and whether various municipal enterprises
When selling assets to external parties, whether the assets are sold at a fair price, whether there are any illegal circumstances of selling municipal assets at low prices and transferring benefits.
Kitahara was a little surprised when he heard it was the Asset Supervision Bureau: "So what's going on? Eto Law Firm is a law firm and a private enterprise. It is not a municipal enterprise. Why would the Asset Supervision Bureau come to investigate?"
On the other end of the phone, Yuki whispered:
"At present, I only have a general understanding. It is said that Eto Law Firm has served as legal counsel to many companies in Shinjuku City. These companies have applied for subsidies from the city hall to varying degrees. Of course, these companies were later discovered
It’s just a shell company. Municipal subsidies were deceived by these companies and siphoned off. Part of the money siphoned off flowed to Eto Law Firm.”
"In other words, these companies that cheated on subsidy transfers a lot of the money to Jiang Teng's law firm in the name of paying legal fees. Therefore, the Asset Supervision Bureau has now begun to investigate Jiang Teng's law firm to see whether it assisted these companies in subsidy fraud.
to transfer assets.”
"Yes. Lawyer Kitahara, you grasp the key points very quickly."
Kitahara did not expect that he would now be in trouble with the Asset Supervision Bureau. From the 500 million yen pledged warehouse receipt to the money laundering activities of the smuggling gang in Kyoto, and now it also involves the transfer of assets for fraudulent companies. How many things has Eto done?
The Asset Supervision and Administration Bureau is not someone to be trifled with.
Although this department is only a "bureau" and is inferior in terms of specifications to the Accounting Inspection Agency, which is parallel to the Tribunal and the Prosecutor's Office. However, the Accounting Inspection Agency is a department without real power.
Behind the Asset Supervision Bureau is the real power to investigate the loss of municipal assets.
Moreover, the loss of state-owned assets is a serious criminal offense.
Getting into trouble with the Asset Supervision and Administration Bureau is often extremely troublesome.
"I heard here. The investigator of the Tokyo Asset Supervision Bureau is Urakawa Hisaku." Yuuki said: "Investigator Urakawa worked in the prosecutor's office in the early years and was responsible for the prosecution of economic crimes. Later Urakawa was transferred to the Tokyo Minato City Municipal Government.
Finance Bureau. Later, he was transferred to the Tokyo Municipal Investment Commission as the Chief Compliance and Risk Control Officer, and finally took up a new position at the Tokyo Asset Management Bureau as a Senior Investigation Officer."
"Urakawa also has work experience in the prosecutor's office, the Finance Bureau, and municipal enterprise risk control. His most famous work during his tenure was the investigation of the loss of state-owned assets due to the privatization of Tokyo Railway Company. At that time, the president of Tokyo Railway Company was classified as a state-owned asset
He was convicted and punished for several crimes such as the crime of loss of employment, the crime of job embezzlement, and the crime of accepting bribes by non-state employees. He was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison and successfully recovered billions of yen in lost money."
"Investigator Urakawa became famous in this case. He is an extremely difficult opponent to deal with. This time, the Asset Supervision Bureau asked Urakawa to take action, which shows that Eto Law Firm is an extremely difficult nut to crack, and there may be some involvement behind it.
There are many more cases.”
Investigator Urakawa, Kitahara recited the name silently in his mind.
Kitahara is very aware of the ins and outs behind the disposal of these municipal assets.
If Eto is also involved, then this difficulty may not be overcome so easily.
"Do you know Urakawa's ultimate goal? He can't only be targeting Eto." Kitahara continued to ask.
"I don't know about that." Yuuki replied, "But - it is said, it is just a rumor. Do you know a woman named Eriko Asanuma. She used to be the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Tokyo. It is said that this woman
This is the scope of focus investigation by the Asset Supervision and Administration Bureau.”
When he heard Asanuma Eriko's name, Kitahara was stunned for a moment, but soon a sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Things are always so unpredictable.
Jiang Riko is the woman listed on the business card in Jiang Teng's car. This time, the Asset Supervision Bureau is investigating Jiang Teng's law firm, and its targets include Jiang Riko.
To a certain extent, although this investigation by the Asset Supervision and Administration Bureau is a disaster, it also contains a glimmer of opportunity. If the relationship between Eriko and Eto can be unearthed, then the 500 million yen warehouse receipt incident, including Eto Shen
God is emphatically talking about the so-called "doomsday" and "Noah's Ark", etc. Maybe the truth will be revealed.
While Beiyuan was still thinking, he suddenly heard someone shouting loudly outside the room:
Chapter completed!