Prosecutors searched Olympus Corp.'s headquarters and related locations Wednesday as part of a wide-ranging probe into the alleged coverup of massive investment losses at the camera maker.
The special investigative unit of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office jointly conducted the search with the Metropolitan Police Department and the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission in a bid to build a case against its former executives by March.
The former executives are accused of cooking the books to cover up ¥117.7 billion in investment losses dating back to the 1990s.