ＩＲジャパン元副社長に有罪　株取引の不正推奨―東京地裁

　自社の売上高予想の公表前に知人２人に株の売却を勧めたとして、金融商品取引法違反（取引推奨）罪に問われたアイ・アールジャパンホールディングス（ＩＲＪＨＤ）元副社長、栗尾拓滋被告（５７）の判決が５日、東京地裁であった。世森ユキコ裁判長は懲役１年６月、執行猶予３年（求刑懲役１年６月）を言い渡した。
　世森裁判長は判決で、知人らは計約２２００万円の損失を回避しており、「金融商品市場の公正性、健全性や投資家の信頼を害する悪質な犯行と言える」と指摘。栗尾被告について「上場会社の役員という責任ある立場の自覚を欠いていたと言わざるを得ない」と述べた。一方で、起訴内容を認め、役員を辞任したことなどから、執行猶予が相当と判断した。（2023/10/05-17:33）

Tokyo District Court on Thursday found a former executive of IR Japan Holdings Ltd. guilty of advising acquaintances to sell the company's stock before the company announced a downward revision to its earnings forecast for the year to March 2021.
   Takuji Kurio, the 57-year-old former executive vice president of the consulting firm, was sentenced to 18 months in jail, suspended for three years.
   According to the ruling, Kurio recommended two female acquaintances in April 2021 to sell IR Japan shares to avert losses. The two then sold a total of about 11,000 IR Japan shares for about 180 million yen.
   In handing down the ruling, presiding judge Yukiko Yomori said that Kurio committed "a malicious crime that harms the fairness and soundness of the market for financial instruments and undermines investors' confidence (in the market)."
   The judge noted that Kurio's tip helped the two acquaintances avoid losses totaling about 20 million yen.