It was lone 3 weeks agone that we reported the astonishing quality that Yuji Naka, the creator of Sonic The Hedgehog, had been arrested implicit allegations of insider grooming successful narration to Dragon Quest. Now, it’s being reported that he’s been arrested again for akin charges, this clip allegedly regarding shares bought earlier the 2021 announcement of mobile conflict royale Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier.

Yuji Naka, a sanction down immoderate of the astir iconic Japanese crippled franchises of the past 30 years, could beryllium successful a full heap of trouble. The antheral who took Sonic from a precocious schoolhouse notebook doodle to 1 of the astir celebrated gaming characters successful beingness was arrested successful November, on with others, allegedly accused of buying shares successful developer Aiming, soon earlier it was announced successful 2020 that the workplace would beryllium making Dragon Quest Tact.

Less than a period later, it’s being reported by Asahi that it’s happening each implicit again, but this clip successful regards to his allegedly purchasing shares successful ATeam Entertainment, conscionable earlier it was made nationalist successful 2021 that they’d beryllium creating Square Enix’s ill-fated mobile game, Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier. According to Asahi, he’s alleged to person paid 144.7 cardinal yen ($1,051,000) for 120,000 shares successful ATeam. It’s claimed helium was arrested alongside different erstwhile Square Enix employee, Taisuke Sasaki, who was besides said to person been arrested implicit Aiming shares past month.

Were this to beryllium a happening idiosyncratic had done, it would of people beryllium an effort to nett from the accrued stock worth specified an announcement would cause, but fixed it would beryllium based connected non-public confidential information, that counts arsenic insider trading.

Most recently, Naka had been moving connected Square Enix’s dreadful Balan Wonderworld, earlier being fto spell by the workplace six months earlier its release. He says helium aboriginal sued Square Enix implicit this, but has ne'er disclosed the resolution.

In February past year, Squenix announced Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier would beryllium jointly developed with ATeam, earlier releasing it for mobile successful November past year. Then, little than a twelvemonth later, announced they were killing it dead. ATeam shares are present worthy astir fractional their worth successful 2021, and a fraction of their highest successful 2013.