{"id":173144,"date":"2025-09-18T15:04:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173144&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:04:43","slug":"ex-lawyer-in-fukuoka-sentenced-to-8-years-for-fraud","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/ex-lawyer-in-fukuoka-sentenced-to-8-years-for-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Lawyer In Fukuoka Sentenced To 8 Years For Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fukuoka District Court sentenced former lawyer <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tadashi Oyama<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 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 \u00a576 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. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=16085881&amp;ymd=2025-09-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Court\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span class=\"s1\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a>today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span class=\"s1\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span class=\"s1\">this <b>form<\/b>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka District Court sentenced former lawyer Tadashi Oyama, 48, to eight years in prison for defrauding clients and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":146720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173144","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}