Prosecutors' homes, offices raided over data tampering case

Prosecutors' homes, offices raided over data tampering case

KYOTO, Japan - Members of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office walk into the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office to conduct a search on Oct. 2, 2010, after Hiromichi Otsubo and Motoaki Saga, the former chief and deputy chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, were arrested on suspicion of covering up the alleged destruction of evidence by a subordinate during an investigation into a postal abuse scandal. Otsubo worked at the Kyoto prosecutors office by the time of his arrest.

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      Prosecutors' homes, offices raided over data tampering case

      Prosecutors' homes, offices raided over data tampering case

      KYOTO, Japan - Members of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office walk into the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office to conduct a search on Oct. 2, 2010, after Hiromichi Otsubo and Motoaki Saga, the former chief and deputy chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, were arrested on suspicion of covering up the alleged destruction of evidence by a subordinate during an investigation into a postal abuse scandal. Otsubo worked at the Kyoto prosecutors office by the time of his arrest. (Kyodo)
        2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

        2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

        OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, bows and apologizes at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal. (Kyodo)
          2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

          2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

          OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, speaks at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal. (Kyodo)
            2 senior prosecutors held over data tampering

            2 senior prosecutors held over data tampering

            TOKYO, Japan - Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, heads to Tokyo from Osaka on Sept. 23, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested him and his former deputy on Oct. 1 in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal. (Kyodo)
              2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

              2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

              OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, bows and apologizes at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal.
                2 senior prosecutors held over data tampering

                2 senior prosecutors held over data tampering

                OSAKA, Japan - Motoaki Saga (2nd from front), former deputy chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, gets in a car to head to the prosecutors office on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested him and his former superior in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal. (Kyodo)
                  2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

                  2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

                  OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, speaks at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal.
                    Japan prosecutor held over data tampering

                    Japan prosecutor held over data tampering

                    OSAKA, Japan - Undated file photo shows Tsunehiko Maeda, a prosecutor at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office. Japan's Supreme Public Prosecutors Office in a rare move arrested the 43-year-old Maeda on Sept. 21, 2010, on suspicion of altering computer data seized during an investigation into a high-profile document falsification allegation involving an elite bureaucrat.