Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 647 Crisis
"Isn't that a bit too much?" Hamano said, "They are just two young people who have just graduated. If Vice Captain Ishiwatari uses thundering means to deal with two young people, it will not be counterproductive."

"I don't think this matter is that simple." Ishiwata said, "Even if these two young people took the case themselves, it is not ruled out that they will be used by others in the future."

Then, Ishiwatari looked at Urakawa, "What did you find here?"

The corners of Urakawa's mouth curled up slightly. "Today during the day, we raided the Eto Law Firm. We found hidden information under the floor of the director's office."

"Part of the business of Eto Law Firm in the past was to apply for subsidies from the city hall for companies in Shinjuku Ward. The law firm collected legal fees by compiling and preparing application materials for these companies. Previously, the reason why we could not advance our investigation into Eto Law Firm was because we could not find the working papers of this law firm."

"But now." Urakawa sneered, "We have found it. It can prove that the Eto Law Firm carried out the process of defrauding subsidies. Among them is the material of this lawyer Kitahara."

"This Beiyuan has done a lot of things. For example, a company introduced an automated production line and applied for subsidies from the city hall. This lawyer Beiyuan testified to the authenticity of the equipment, including taking photos of the equipment and on-site verification. However, the photos of the equipment signed by the lawyer were just pictures on the Internet."

Urakawa sneered again, "There are also cases involving false reporting of equipment types, declaring non-subsidized equipment as subsidized equipment, or falsifying the number of highly educated employees, R&D expenses, etc. This lawyer Kitahara looks young, but he is so bold!"

"I didn't expect that young people nowadays would dare to do this." Hamano next to him sighed.

Hamano, who is also a lawyer, knew that if he did this and was caught, his career would be completely over.

"How much effect can these materials have?" Ishiwatari asked immediately.

"At least he can be charged with fraud," Urakawa said. "Kitahara assisted these unscrupulous companies in defrauding the city hall of subsidies. He obtained grants by fabricating and falsifying application materials, which constitutes the act of defrauding property. According to the law, he meets the requirements of fraud."

Hearing that the annoying lawyer Kitahara could be eliminated by criminal means, Ishiwatari's worries eased a little. In a struggle, as long as you have something on your opponent, you will be invincible.

However, the shrewd Ishidu still thought more and more comprehensively.

Ishiwatari spoke again, "Criminal conviction is certainly possible, but are you afraid that if they push the other party too far, they will lose control of the situation."

Ishiwatari was also worried that the other party might have leverage over Shinjuku Ward City Hall.

At such a sensitive moment, if things get out of hand, it will not be a good thing for me.

What he needed most now was to get through this period safely until he was transferred back to the cabinet's official office.

"Even if a young man like this is pushed to the end of his rope, what means can he use?" Hamano also smiled. "Just now I thought that Vice Chief Ishiwatari's use of thunder and lightning to deal with the two young people was a bit too much. Now that it is mentioned that this lawyer Kitahara can be convicted of a crime, Vice Chief Ishiwatari has become cautious again. Maybe he is overthinking it. Since he has decided to do it, just do it to the end."

Investigator Urakawa said at this time: "Deputy Chief Ishiwatari's concerns are not without reason. Lawyer Hamano, you should note that although the Eto Law Firm defrauded the Shinjuku City Hall of subsidies and they are the culprit, it is not a glorious thing for the Shinjuku City Hall to have their own money defrauded."

Adults talk, and they stop at the point. There is another subtext that Urakawa has not said.

That is the Shinjuku City Hall. Is there anyone colluding with the Eto Law Firm to defraud the subsidies and then share the profits?

Considering that the Eto Law Firm was able to commit subsidy fraud for several years without being discovered, I am afraid that there are some people in the city hall who are cooperating with this law firm.

If the clue is finally found in Shinjuku City Hall, it will be disadvantageous to Ishiwatari.

After all, if his subordinates were suspected of colluding with law firms and companies to defraud financial subsidies, it would be a stain on his official career.

Although Urakawa did not say it directly, Ishiwatari understood what the investigator meant.

"Can the Tokyo Securities Regulatory Agency control the direction of the investigation?" Ishiwatari asked tentatively.

"The operating model within the Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau is as follows," said Urakawa. "After we collect evidence, our investigators will draft a report on the next investigation direction, personnel, and strategy for the case. This report will be submitted to a committee of investigators within the bureau for evaluation. This committee will review our report and then determine the next direction of the investigation."

"Generally speaking, we need to investigate cases according to the instructions given by the Committee of Investigators. The committee basically determines the intensity of our investigation."

Ishiwatari pondered for a while, "In that case, the investigators from the CSRC don't actually have much control over the direction of the investigation."

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After all, if the direction of the investigation is decided by a committee, it will be difficult to manipulate.

The more people there are, the more difficult it is to carry out shady operations.

Hearing this, Urakawa said with a relaxed expression, "Vice-Director Ishiwatari, I'm afraid you don't know the ins and outs here. It's true that we investigators have no way to change the instructions given by the committee. However, we can control what materials are shown to the committee and what materials are not shown to the committee."

"In other words, if we investigators don't want to investigate the case in depth, we will not include some important materials in the report. If we want to investigate the case in depth, we will include all the important materials in the report and write about them in great detail to attract the committee's attention."

"If Vice-Chief Ishiwatari is worried about the direction of the investigation," Investigator Urakawa continued, "we can just clear the mines first. We can investigate the current materials. If the subsidy fraud does not involve the internal affairs of the city hall, then we can proceed boldly."

When Ishiwatari heard Urakawa say that they could do some "mine clearance" in advance, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Let's defeat these enemies together!" The powerful figure in Shinjuku Ward smiled and said to the Asset Supervision and Administration Commission investigator and public lawyer in front of him.

(End of this chapter)