スクエニ元社員らインサイダー取引　新作ゲーム情報、容疑で逮捕―東京地検

　ゲームソフト大手「スクウェア・エニックス」の新作情報を基に関連株をインサイダー取引したとして、東京地検特捜部は１７日、金融商品取引法違反容疑で同社元社員の佐崎泰介（３８）、知人の会社員鈴木文章（４０）両容疑者を逮捕した。
　佐崎容疑者の逮捕容疑は、２０１９年１１月下旬、スクウェア社とゲーム会社「Ａｉｍｉｎｇ（エイミング）」が共同で進めていたスマートフォン向けオンラインゲームの開発進展情報を知り、同年１２月～２０年２月にエイミング株計約７万２０００株を計約２０８０万円で買い付け、鈴木容疑者にも伝えて同社株計約９万株を計約２６４０万円で購入させた疑い。
　エイミングはスクウェア社の企画・制作の下、「ドラゴンクエストタクト」を開発し、２０年７月にサービスを開始した。株価は両容疑者が購入を始めた１９年１２月に３００円台で推移していたが、サービス開始の２０年７月は一時１０００円を超えた。（2022/11/17-12:22）

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation squad on Thursday arrested a former Square Enix Co. employee and an acquaintance of his for alleged insider trading based on information about a new game.
   The former employee, Taisuke Sazaki, 38, and the acquaintance, Fumiaki Suzuki, 40, are accused of violating the financial instruments and exchange law.
   Sazaki is suspected of buying some 72,000 shares in game maker Aiming Inc. for about 20.8 million yen between December 2019 and February 2020, after obtaining in November 2019 information about a smartphone-based online game being developed jointly by Square Enix and Aiming.
   He is also suspected of sharing the information with Suzuki, who purchased around 90,000 shares in Aiming for roughly 26.4 million yen.
   The smartphone game, "Dragon Quest Tact," planned and produced by Square Enix and developed by Aiming, was released in July 2020.