Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 895: Downwind
Contract fraud?! Yu Cheng didn't dare to believe what she heard from the police officer. She immediately picked up the case acceptance notice and read it. It really had the words "Contract fraud" written on it.

"Don't you know yet?" The police officer smiled and stroked his beard a few times, "Some managers of Nippon Steel colluded with suppliers to sign false contracts. The suppliers clearly did not provide goods to Nippon Steel, but Nippon Steel paid the money to these suppliers, and then they divided the spoils among themselves."

"We've taken a look and found that there are surprisingly many cases involving fake contracts," the police officer said. "You should also be careful. Perhaps the contracts you are currently hearing for arbitration may also be fraudulent materials fabricated by internal personnel and external suppliers."

"Wait! But we can't just suspend the trial of the case like this." Yucheng said anxiously.

"You're a lawyer, so you know the principle of 'criminal first, civil second'." The police officer looked Tamashiro up and down, "Besides, you seem to be the lawyer representing Nippon Steel. So now that these arbitration cases are suspended, isn't it also good for Nippon Steel? You don't have to pay back the money for the problematic contracts."

The police's words left Yucheng speechless.

Yushiro has, of course, handled arbitration cases as well, and is particularly adept at dealing with possible court intervention in arbitration.

However, today's situation was the first time Yucheng encountered it.

She had never seen the police interfere with arbitration before! !

It’s this Kitahara!
It's Kitahara again!!
After the police left, Tamashiro immediately glared at Kitahara. Tamashiro had never expected that Kitahara would use the internal corruption of Nippon Steel to report the case and thus obstruct the arbitration case.

Yucheng immediately rushed out of the meeting room.

She wanted to know whether this was an isolated incident or a full-scale police intervention.

Yucheng came to the office hall of the Commercial Arbitration Association. At this moment, she couldn't believe her eyes——

Dozens of police officers have arrived and are negotiating with the president of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association. The administrative and case secretaries in the office hall are busy running around, some of them are carrying cartons and putting case materials into them. Some police officers are counting the documents and moving the cartons nearby.

It seems...it seems that the police are really fully involved! Yucheng couldn't help but be surprised.

All these arbitration cases really need to be suspended!
The next second—

Yucheng's phone vibrated.

She picked up the phone and heard Tanimoto's voice.

"Lawyer Yucheng! I'm at the Tokyo Arbitration Center. What's going on?! A large number of police came in here. They forcibly interrupted our arbitration case and took away the materials! How is the situation over there?!"

"I... I'm the same." Yucheng didn't expect that Kitahara would act so quickly. He actually swept all the arbitration institutions in Tokyo.

"What's going on, Tamashiro? All arbitration cases have been suspended now!" Tanimoto's voice sounded a little desperate.

"It's that Kitahara! That lawyer Kitahara!!" Yucheng shouted, "He asked the bankruptcy administrator to report it to the police! It is estimated that through the pre-bankruptcy audit report, he found evidence of some managers and suppliers of Nippon Steel conspiring for corruption, and then reported it to the police for contract fraud, and then asked the police to review our arbitration cases!"

Tanimoto was on the other end of the phone and was surprised to hear that it was Kitahara again.

Now, the arbitration plan painstakingly designed by the three lawyers was blocked again...

……

…The next day, 10:37 am.

Nippon Steel Headquarters.

"Is this lawyer Kitahara really going after us?!" General Affairs Officer Ota Terada said angrily in the meeting room, "Why did the Tokyo police suspend all related arbitration cases?!"

As the legal plan of Tanimoto, Tamashiro, and Abe was frustrated again, Nippon Steel, the bank representatives, and Future Space had to face up to the fact that this bankruptcy procedure might completely ruin their previous plan.

To be honest, Tanimoto and others didn't expect why Kitahara would be so persistent.

This young man is like a piece of shit plaster that can't be shaken off no matter how hard you try.

In the future space, Shima Miho also had to start thinking seriously about whether it would affect the acquisition of Nippon Steel's mining resources.

After all, this is the organization's first goal.

Shibata, Nagai, Uejima and others in the conference room were very anxious. After all, they learned that the contract fraud involved middle-level managers of Nippon Steel. It is possible that the scope of the police investigation will be further expanded. This criminal report was simply a fire under the fire.

"It is relatively rare for criminal cases to interfere with arbitration." Tanimoto answered stiffly, "We are currently discussing with the arbitrators. In fact, the Tokyo police's point of view is also problematic. The current principle of criminal first and civil second is only stipulated in the litigation law. Whether it can constrain arbitration, which is different from litigation, is also controversial."

However, although Tanimoto said this, he also knew that these arbitration institutions were most likely scared.

After all, these arbitration institutions have never seen so many police officers coming.

Anyone who sees this scene will be stunned.

These arbitration institutions were already somewhat nervous about handling these fake arbitration cases for Nippon Steel, and now the police have suddenly come, which makes them even more nervous. Therefore, the case is suspended, and they have no motivation to push for the case to be resumed. As for asking the arbitrators to argue with the police, whether the principle of "criminal first, civil second" should be applied to arbitration cases, this is an even more difficult matter.

"So, what other methods are there right now?!" Terada said anxiously in the conference room, "Nippon Steel must be saved! The bank's creditor's rights must be protected! The bankruptcy procedure must be transformed into a reorganization procedure!"

Terada was naturally very anxious.

Currently, Nippon Steel is involved in a contract fraud scandal.

This will certainly make many outsiders even more reluctant to invest money to save Nippon Steel.

As the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, he has been working hard on the Nippon Steel case over the past few months.

Unexpectedly, the case turned out like this.

The three lawyers present, Tanimoto, Tamashiro, and Abe, were also very depressed. They never thought that they would be played with by a young man to such an extent.

They have begun to realize that the bankruptcy process of Nippon Steel and the offensive and defensive situation are changing. They used to be the party with the initiative, but now they are slowly falling behind and becoming the defensive party...

(End of this chapter)