Betrayal of Trust: High-Stakes Lawyer’s Descent into Deceit – Embezzlement and Forgery Exposed
The person arrested belonged to the Kyoto Bar Association.The suspect is Nobuyuki Kaminaga (55), a former lawyer.
According to the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office, Kaminaga is suspected of embezzlement in the course of business for embezzling 750,000 yen in settlement money he received from a settlement last May when he was in charge of a civil lawsuit seeking compensation for damages from a medical corporation. .
Additionally, in September last year, he was accused of forging and using a sealed official document for altering and falsifying the payment deadline and creation date stated in the settlement document in order to avoid the discovery of embezzlement.
The Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office has not confirmed the identity of the suspect.
The Kyoto Bar Association investigated Kaminaga after receiving a consultation from a client who had not been paid the settlement money, and filed a complaint with the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office last month (October).
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A former lawyer was also arrested. Of course, this was a crime committed when he was an active lawyer, but the Kyoto Bar Association does it this way. You don’t have to respond to complaints or take disciplinary action. No lawyers have been expelled from the Kyoto Bar Association.
“Settlement money of 750,000 yen” was discovered not to be paid. Kyoto Bar Association criminally charges the lawyer for allegedly changing the date on the settlement document. October 2nd.
A Kyoto lawyer has been criminally charged by a bar association for allegedly altering the date on a settlement document prepared by the court. Nobuyuki Kaminaga (55), a lawyer who belongs to the Kyoto Bar Association, was criminally indicted by the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of falsifying official documents with seals. According to the Kyoto Bar Association, although Mr. Kaminaga had reached a settlement in a civil trial last May, he did not inform his client immediately and did not report the matter until four months later. At that time, it is suspected that the settlement date and settlement payment deadline in the record prepared by the court were changed to four months later. The client consulted the bar association because the settlement money was not paid by Attorney Kaminaga, and the problem was discovered after an investigation.
■The “settlement money” is still not paid to the client.
Attorney Kaminaga received the settlement money of 750,000 yen in May of last year when the settlement was reached, but it has not yet been paid to his client. The Kyoto Bar Association asked Mr. Kaminaga to appear in court and respond to an interview, but he replied, “I am not feeling well and cannot attend.” The Kyoto Bar Association suspects that Mr. Kaminaga may have altered the contents of the case in order to postpone payment of the settlement money to his client, and will continue to investigate with a view to taking disciplinary action.
[Breaking News]Lawyer admits to embezzling 4.5 million yen, including bail money from criminal case, and diverting it to office expenses
September 26, 2023 Kyoto Shimbun
The Kyoto Bar Association announced on the 26th that a 54-year-old male lawyer affiliated with the association is suspected of misappropriating approximately 4.5 million yen in deposits from clients. The committee will now decide whether to take disciplinary action.
According to the association, from around August 2021 to around March 2023, the male lawyer transferred a total of about 4.5 million yen in deposits he had received from four clients as bail money for criminal cases to his own law firm. The money was reportedly used to cover expenses. In response to an interview with the association, they admitted to the misappropriation and expressed their intention to repay the money in full. The incident was discovered this month after the association investigated after receiving a complaint from a client. Kyoto Shimbun
Nobuyuki Kaminaga Attorney Registration Number 29097 Registered in 2001
Shinwa Law Office Maison de Efusee, 5-4 Fukakusa Hirata-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City
Lawyers cannot practice in this area of Fushimi Ward. (Near Fushimi Inari) Moreover, it is a 16㎡ studio apartment with a rent of 40,000 yen.It is an apartment for Ryukoku University students.I guess they will close their office and hide here for a while until the disposition is decided.Actually, they are probably not even here.
Originally located on the 3rd floor of the Takeyamachi Building, Higashinotoin Takeyacho Shimoru, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, near the Kyoto District Court.