Yoshiaki Murakami

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Yoshiaki Murakami (村上 世彰? born August 11, 1959) is a Japanese investor known for highly publicized corporate raid[1]. He was the founder and the former president of M&A Consulting, Inc., usually known as the "Murakami fund".

He was formerly associated with livedoor and was indicted [2] in the scandal involving securities law violations.

He was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 3 million yen and a record 1.15 billion yen surcharge for insider trading in 2004 and 2005, but is currently on bail while further appeals are pending. [3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Japan's Most Talked about Corporate Raider", BusinessWeek online, 2005-11-10. 
  2. ^ Duarte, Hector. "Top Japanese Fund Manager Yoshiaki Murakami Indicted For Insider Trading", All Headline News, 2006-06-23. 
  3. ^ "Japan's scandal-hit fund manager jailed for two years", Channel NewsAsia, 2007-07-19. 
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