The Tokyo District Court on Friday found a former employee of business newspaper publisher Nikkei Inc. guilty of intercepting the email of female celebrities.
The Tokyo District Court on Friday found a former employee of business newspaper publisher Nikkei Inc. guilty of intercepting the email of female celebrities.
Presiding Judge Amane Minakami sentenced the dismissed worker, Jun Terai, 29, to 30 months in prison, suspended for four years. Prosecutors had demanded a 30-month term. “He bears heavy criminal responsibility, guessing passwords (of the celebrities’ accounts) as if it were a game, to commit the crime out of his desire to learn the information of pretty women,” Minakami said.
