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Corporate Incompetence: Another Japanese company loses millions in cash, this time in Casinos! Call it a family affair?

The Japanese paper company, Daio Paper, is in financial trouble after it was discovered that a, now former, executive borrowed millions of company dollars to gamble in overseas casinos!

Tokyo prosecutors are investigating Mototaka Ikawa.  They say Ikawa borrowed more than U.S.$128 million from seven subsidiary companies between May 2010 and September of this year.  They believe he spent the money in casinos in Macao and Singapore.

Unnamed sources claim that Ikawa actually borrowed much more, all from subsidiary companies that are run by his relatives!  In a specific case, a Kagawa Prefecture golf club owned by the company, says $6.8 million of their money is missing.

Prosecutors say Ikawa thought it was a safe bet to borrow from his own company, because he didn’t think the missing cash would be reported!  Some gambler!