Former UFJ Bank Vice President Kazuyoshi Okazaki, 57, was sentenced Monday to 10 months in prison, suspended for three years, for masterminding efforts to thwart government inspections in 2003.

Two other former UFJ Bank executives -- Sen Hayakawa, 55, and Masayuki Inaba, 52 -- were each sentenced to eight months, suspended for three years, for collaborating.

The Tokyo District Court also ordered UFJ Bank, the key banking unit of the nation's fourth-largest financial group, to pay a 90 million yen penalty as a corporate defendant.