Horie, out on bail, hit with new tax evasion charge

Tuesday 18th November, 07:09 AM JST

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timorborder at 09:58 AM JST - 18th November

Obviously it is open season on Horie.
buggerlugs at 10:08 AM JST - 18th November

the one bright hope for japans future, destroyed by politics... what he was originally charged on is a gray zone, not covered by the law, and is also now common practise in a reverse form commonly known as a poison pill. japan should be ashamed of itself for what it did to him, while letting others get away with much worse...
Sarge at 10:08 AM JST - 18th November

I think Horie should be sentenced to spend 30 days in Los Angeles without any money to spend. Life Stinks 2! Ha ha ha!
techall at 10:28 AM JST - 18th November

bright hope for japans future

This guy had a lot of fans but in the final analysis he was cooking the books. Illegal and dishonest. A lot of people lost everything when his dot.com companies went bust because they had no assets. The guy was ( and still is) a cocky little sleaze who deserves to go to jail. The "Robin Hood" reputation is totally undeserved, he did not stand up for the little guy, he used the little guy to make a fortune.
Altria at 10:32 AM JST - 18th November

Sticking it to tha man!
fatloser at 11:09 AM JST - 18th November

The hunt continues!! Once the "network" establishes the scent of it's prey NOTHING stops them...NOTHING!! Meanwhile the Nova guy is.....???
edogawa at 11:31 AM JST - 18th November

Horie's crimes are rather inconsequential when compared to those of several notable Japanese politicians, PM's and business leaders who, I might add where never prosecuted for their crimes.

One famous PM was linked to gambling, extortion, drugrunning and prostitution. A more recent PM was linked to bidrigging, using slave labour, insider trading and tax evasion.

Compared to these individuals Horie is small potatoes. His only crime is one shared by the former Presidents/CEO's of Sony, Recruit and Kyocera- square pegs in round holes and this in a country where geniuses are to shut up, put up and work for peanuts.
techall at 11:40 AM JST - 18th November

edogawa:

Crime is crime. I'll bet the pensioneer who lost everything when Horie's Livedoor when belly up with his live savings invested doesn't think it is "inconsequential".
76waystofly at 01:14 PM JST - 18th November

Oh this fat little b******.

I haven't seen a fall from grace like this since Khodorkovsky.
presto345 at 02:40 PM JST - 18th November

Crime is crime

Sure it is. The alleged crimes of the PMs did not rob old age pensioners of their livelihood. Horie, the lying, scheming, arrogant pr**k, did.

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frontandcentre at 02:45 PM JST - 18th November

techall - Ever heard of the term "caveat emptor"? Anyone who put their life savings into one company (any company) is a fool and deserves to lose it all. Plus, I never heard of any such cases related to Livedoor, it's just your imagination running riot.

Horie was singled out and undermined for crimes which would have been quietly sorted out in the case of more established and 'reputable' companies. Japan inc is a truly crooked and iniquitous, back-scratchers paradise. The whole Livedoor fiasco proved why Japan deserves not to be regarded seriously as a country in which innovation, entrepreneurship and new approaches to business are encouraged.

Anyone who thinks that Horie was fairly treated compared to people in other companies who may have committed the same (or significantly worse) abuses is exactly the kind of sucker that this country wants to stick up for its desperate, at-all-costs attachment to the status quo.
techall at 03:01 PM JST - 18th November

frontandcentre: Of course I've heard of caveat emptor, although it's not usually applied to stock transactions. Listen, I'm not saying he is any worse than the other scum of Japan Inc. but just because he was running Japan's most successful dot.com doesn't make him a good guy. No reason to make comparisons to other companies, just take it as stand-alone. The guy broke the law, he got 2 1/2 years, chicken feed compared to what he would have gotten in the west for cooking the books. This is the kind of S*** that prompted Sarbanes-Oxley, something Japan should maybe take a serious look at.
ultradodgy at 04:37 PM JST - 18th November

caveat emptor doesn't apply when you don't know what you're buying, or are provided with false information.

Anyway, poor guy. He's served his time. The unpaid taxes would be at most 15MY. Big frikkin' deal.

And quite frankly his crimes pale in comparison to the social security scams being perpetrated by the government, and the rampant corruption in the road and construction industries.
meanmutha at 04:43 PM JST - 18th November

he can still afford the entourage. Chubby snubby cocky lil dude isnt he...
franz75 at 10:32 PM JST - 18th November

We start to see through smoked screen.

Time to add more smoke!