Universal links Kazuo Okada to two more cases of illegal activities

Japanese-listed gaming conglomerate Universal Entertainment Corporation has uncovered more skeletons inside the closet of casino magnate Kazuo Okada as they dig further into his previous business transactions.

Universal announced before the Japanese Stock Exchange on Monday that they are looking into at least two more business dealings of Okada, which it suspects to be anomalous.

One of the cases involves the February 2014 loan for “land transactions” in South Korea by Okada Holdings Ltd while the other case has something to do with the US$16 million withdrawal from a Tiger Resort Asia bank account in May 2015 based on a bearer check that the Japanese billionaire issued.

“Recently, it came to the attention of the Special Investigation Committee that there is a suspicion that Mr. Okada has been involved in yet other 2 cases of illegal activities separately from the above-mentioned conduct and the Committee decided to subject them to the investigation,” Universal said in its case progress report. “The Special Investigation Committee is determined to investigate into these new suspicions in order to clarify the whole picture and to formulate measures to prevent reoccurrence and the Company will continue to provide full cooperation by the Special Investigation Committee.”