Universal Entertainment issued a statement on Wednesday revealing that it has won its damages suit against its former Chairman Kazuo Okada, and that he has been ordered by the court to pay an amount totalling nearly US$200,000.
The damages suit was originally filed in November 2017 and the Tokyo District Court rendered its verdict last week.
“The judgment acknowledges that the fraudulent acts were conducted under the order of Mr. Okada, as well as that Mr. Okada breached both his duty of care of a good manager and his fiduciary duty of loyalty as a director of the company,” the Universal statement explained.
The fraudulent acts in question concerned various financial transactions made by Okada in which he is suspected of transferring company funds to accounts controlled by himself.
Okada was removed as leader by Universal in June 2017 after his estranged wife Takako Okada and his two children turned against him.
Okada has not yet issued any statement in regard to the latest court verdict.
