Music producer Komuro arrested for fraud

Music producer Komuro arrested for fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Well-known music producer Tetsuya Komuro (R) heads for the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office by car Nov. 4 to be questioned on suspicion of defrauding an investor of 500 million yen by concluding a contract for the transfer of copyrights he did not own. Later in the day, prosecutors arrested Komuro, known in relation to a large number of pop music hits since the 1990s. (Kyodo)

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