bail was\u00a0revoked<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0after he was arrested for trying to bribe two\u00a0former\u00a0500.com advisors in exchange for their testimony.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nNow during the first hearing, two men have admitted trying to help Akimoto by offering money to a 500.com advisor. Prosecutors demanded 14-month prison terms for Akihito Awaji, 54, and Fumihiko Sato, a 50-year-old company executive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Japanese newspaper The Mainichi, Awaji and Sato offered 30 million yen (US$286,000) to Masahiko Konno,\u00a0a former adviser to 500.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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