The Fukuoka District Court sentenced former lawyer Tadashi Oyama, 48, to eight years in prison for defrauding clients and embezzling settlement funds between 2020 and 2022. He fabricated invoices and misappropriated money from six people, with damages totaling ¥76 million. The court said he exploited his professional status and repeatedly committed crimes, calling the acts a grave betrayal of public trust in the legal profession. Source: KBC

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