Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 605: Troubles arise again: State-owned Assets Supervision Bureau

The next day, at 9:32 a.m., Eto Law Firm.

Kitahara and Miyagawa are already handling work in the office. I had been delayed for too long in Kyoto, and there was a backlog of cases that needed to be dealt with.

Miyagawa sat at his desk, rummaging through the case files and sorting out the documents. The familiar routine seems to be back again.

Beihara also opened the materials and prepared to 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 in order 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 mobile phones.

Kitahara knew the number. This number belongs to Accounting Investigator Yuuki. I visited her in the ward a few days ago. At this time, she should be continuing to recuperate in Kyoto and will not return to Tokyo soon. At this time, she called herself to find out why she was here.

Beihara picked up the phone, walked to the next room, and pressed the answer button.

Yuuki's voice came from the mobile phone.

"Lawyer Kitahara, I just got some news from my colleagues, which is related to you."

"Aren't you still recuperating? Why are you still inquiring about 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."

Yuuki wasn't 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 Yuki said. I had just been freed from the turmoil in Kyoto, but unexpectedly, a new incident came to my door. An accounting inspector specially called to report the trouble. As you can imagine, it was another difficult matter.

"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 a while, Yuki's voice came:

"The Asset Supervision Bureau in Tokyo is investigating you."

The Asset Supervision Bureau is the abbreviation of "State-owned Assets Supervision Bureau". It is mainly responsible for supervising whether all types of public fund expenditures comply with legal regulations. Specifically, whether the public funds of various municipalities are used according to the budget plan, whether various municipal enterprises sell assets at fair prices when selling assets to external parties, and whether municipal assets are sold at low prices to transfer benefits. illegal circumstances.

Kitahara was a little surprised when he heard that 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. The municipal subsidies were defrauded by these companies, and part of the money that was siphoned off went to Jiang Teng 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 Beihara, you grasp the key points very quickly."

Beiyuan didn't expect that he would now be in trouble with the Asset Supervision and Administration Bureau. From the pledged warehouse receipts of 500 million yen to the money laundering activities of smuggling gangs in Kyoto, it now 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", it is inferior in terms of specifications to the Accounting Inspection Office, which is parallel to the Tribunal and the Prosecutor's Office. However, the Accounting Inspection Service 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 in trouble with the Asset Supervision Bureau is often extremely troublesome.

"I heard about it here. The investigator of the Tokyo Asset Supervision Bureau is Uragawa Hisaku." Yuuki said: "Investigator Uragawa worked in the prosecutor's office in the early years and was responsible for the prosecution of economic crimes. Later Uragawa 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 the position of Senior Investigation Officer at the Tokyo Asset Supervision Bureau.”

"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 including loss of employment, job embezzlement, and bribery by non-state personnel. He was sentenced to more than thirty years in prison and successfully recovered billions of yen in lost funds.”

"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 was previously the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Tokyo. It is said that this This is the focus of the Asset Supervision Bureau’s investigation.”

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 recorded on the business card in Jiang Teng's car. This time, the Asset Supervision Bureau investigated Jiang Teng Law Firm, and its targets also included Jiang Lizi.

To a certain extent, although this investigation by the Asset Supervision Bureau is a disaster, it also contains a glimmer of opportunity. If the relationship between Eriko and Eto can be unearthed through this, then the truth about the 500 million yen warehouse receipt incident, as well as the so-called "doomsday" and "Noah's Ark" that Eto Shingo emphasized, may be revealed.

While Beiyuan was still thinking, he suddenly heard someone shouting loudly outside the room:

"Tokyo Asset Supervision Bureau! Search your Eto Law Firm now!!!"

(End of this chapter)