Goodwill Group Inc. liquidated its subsidiary Goodwill Inc., a staffing service agency, on Thursday following a series of scandals involving illegally dispatched workers.

Goodwill Group announced the liquidation plan on June 25 in light of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's likely move to revoke the company's license after the subsidiary and three of its employees were found guilty of involvement in subcontracting temporary workers in violation of the Employment Security Law.

Also on June 25, the Tokyo Summary Court ordered the subsidiary to pay ¥1 million in fines, while the three workers were each ordered to pay ¥500,000 to ¥1 million in penalties. The staffing agency and the workers all made the payments.