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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2018
Lawyers move to settle with MRI International in Japan and U.S. over alleged Ponzi scheme
Trials in Japan and the United States over an alleged ¥130 billion ($1.2 billion) Ponzi scheme — in which Las Vegas-based investment firm MRI International Inc. targeted thousands of Japanese — are set to be settled out of court, a lawyers' group representing the victims said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2017
Tokyo court orders ¥680 million in damages over MRI investment scam
The Tokyo District Court has ordered officials of a Las Vegas investment firm to pay ¥680 million in damages over a ¥130 billion investment scam that targeted thousands of Japanese.
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2015
MRI owner to pay $584 million for bilking Japanese investors
A Las Vegas businessman and his company, MRI International Inc., were ordered to pay $584 million after a judge ruled that they defrauded Japanese investors in a Ponzi scheme.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 3, 2014
SEC suspects MRI boss of violating asset freeze
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged that Edwin Fujinaga, owner of Las Vegas-based MRI International Inc., has moved personal assets out of the United States in violation of a court-ordered asset freeze.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2013
MRI viewed as Ponzi scheme by FBI in 2009
The FBI probed MRI International Inc. in 2009 on suspicion that it was running a Ponzi scheme, according to a source who cooperated with the investigation.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 16, 2013
Japanese investors sue asset manager in U.S. court
Japanese investors filed a class-action lawsuit seeking damages from Las Vegas-based asset manager MRI International Inc. on July 5, according to U.S. court documents.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2013
Securities watchdog seeks SEC's help in probing alleged fraud at MRI
Japan's financial watchdog asks the SEC for help prosecuting a U.S.-based asset manager suspected of swindling investors out of billions of yen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 31, 2013
MRI faces criminal complaint over losses
Japanese clients of MRI International Inc., a U.S. investment company suspected of mismanaging assets, filed a complaint Thursday with Tokyo prosecutors and police alleging fraud.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 17, 2013
MRI bows to FSA with vow to plan repayment
U.S.-based asset manager MRI International Inc., suspected of mishandling the funds of thousands of Japanese clients, responded to an order by the Financial Services Agency by promising investors a repayment plan.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2013
MRI investor meeting draws over 1,500 to Tokyo
More than 1,500 people from across Japan showed up for a jam-packed meeting Sunday organized by lawyers who accuse U.S asset manager MRI International Inc. of conducting a ¥130 billion fraud.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2013
U.S. asset manager tied to ¥130 billion loss
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission probes a U.S. investment firm after learning it may have lost more than ¥130 billion of its clients' money.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2013
Virtual autopsy: Does it spell the end of the scalpel?
Anyone who has spent any time in a courtroom knows how easy it is for a skilled defense lawyer to plant doubt in the mind of a jury. Even in a relatively straightforward case, such as a hit and run, jurors are frequently presented with such a confusing array of photographic and forensic evidence that it is very difficult to know what has taken place and who may be at fault.

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