Police raid ex-Katokichi exec over suspicion of document forgery

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Police agents carry away boxes of evidence from the home of a former executive of major frozen food company Katokichi Co. in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 12, after a search on suspicion that the former executive used falsified seals in documents of transactions between a Katokichi subsidiary and an Osaka-based trading house. Katokichi has allegedly been involved in so-called circular trading totaling more than 100 billion yen on fake invoices. (Kyodo)

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