A former SoftBank Corp. employee was arrested Saturday for allegedly taking proprietary information from the major Japanese phone carrier, with police believing he provided it to officials at
The police's public safety bureau suspects the Russian officials at the trade mission were engaging in spy activities.
Through the
SoftBank, a unit of
The police believe the Russian official who used to work in
Araki could have provided numerous corporate secrets repeatedly to the Russian officials, according to the police.
The embassy put out a statement on its Facebook page saying that
It said the spy allegation contradicts the policy agreed on by
Araki, a resident of
According to investigative sources, Araki received hundreds of thousands of yen for providing the information kept in data storage devices to the Russian side.
SoftBank in a statement said he stole "task documentation" that was "low in confidentiality" which did not include information such as on customers or its business partners.
The
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