不正送金で１７０億円詐取容疑　ソニー生命の社員逮捕―警視庁

　ソニー生命保険（東京都千代田区）の海外子会社の口座から約１７０億円を不正送金したとして、警視庁捜査２課は１日までに、ソニー生命の社員石井伶容疑者（３２）＝品川区東五反田＝を詐欺容疑で逮捕した。
　同課は認否を明らかにしていない。米連邦捜査局（ＦＢＩ）などと連携し、送金の経緯などを詳しく調べる。
　逮捕容疑は５月中旬ごろ、正規の資金移動を装い、ソニー生命の海外子会社「エスエー・リインシュアランス」（バミューダ諸島）の米国口座から、別の米銀行の口座に約１億５５００万米ドル（約１７０億円）を送金し、だまし取った疑い。
　同課によると、石井容疑者は、当時清算手続き中だったエスエー社の社員も兼務していた。送金に当たっては、上司の決裁を得たように偽装し、米国の投資運用会社を経由させるという本来の手続きも省略していた。（2021/12/01-17:34）

Tokyo police have arrested an employee of Sony Life Insurance Co. on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining some 17 billion yen through an illegal money transfer from an overseas unit, sources familiar with the investigation said Wednesday.
   Rei Ishii, the 32-year-old employee of Sony Life Insurance, a unit of Sony Group Corp. , was arrested on suspicion of fraud. Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has not revealed whether the suspect admitted to the allegations.
   Ishii is suspected of swindling 155 million dollars by pretending to conduct a legal fund transfer in mid-May. He allegedly transferred the money from SA Reinsurance Ltd.'s bank account to a different bank account overseas.
   "We're deeply sorry for causing huge trouble to our customers," Sony Life Insurance said in a statement. "We'll deal strictly with the employee," it said.
   In August, Sony Life Insurance said that it had found an unapproved money transfer involving SA Reinsurance, a company based in Bermuda.