Prosecution authorities have decided to indict two former Finance Ministry bank inspectors on charges of accepting entertainment totaling more than 3 million yen from major commercial banks other four already named in the ongoing scandal, informed sources said Monday.
The two former bank inspectors, Koichi Miyakawa, 53, and Toshimi Taniuchi, 49, were arrested last month for allegedly accepting bribes from Asahi Bank, Sanwa Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Hokkaido Takushoku Bank.
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