Tax authorities have determined that Seibu Railway Co. hid some 140 million yen in income that it had given to a "sokaiya" corporate extortionist as a payoff, sources said Monday.
The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau considers the payoff an entertainment expense and has slapped the firm with punitive fines of some 50 million yen, the sources said.
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