Ex-fund manager Murakami gets 2-year prison term for insider trading

Ex-fund manager Murakami gets 2-year prison term for insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Former investment fund manager Yoshiaki Murakami (far left) walks into the Tokyo District Court to attend his trial on July 19. The court sentenced him to two years in prison, without suspension, and imposed a record 1.15 billion yen surcharge for insider stock trading in 2004 and 2005.

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