5-year jail term sought for music producer Komuro over fraud

5-year jail term sought for music producer Komuro over fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro leaves the Osaka District Court in Osaka by car on April 23 after prosecutors sought five years of imprisonment. Komuro has pleaded guilty to swindling an investor out of 500 million yen in 2006. (Kyodo)

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