Several former Duskin Co. executives, including former Chairman Koji Chiba, are suspected of using 180 million yen of the firm's money to help out a cash-strapped friend of Chiba's, sources said Tuesday.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office is reportedly investigating the executives on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust.
They allegedly furnished Chiba's friend with money in the two years to March 2001, thereby causing the company to lose assets, the sources said.