奥林巴斯前董事认罪服法

时间：2012-09-25 08:18:21

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Former Olympus chairman, Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, has pleaded guilty to charges of falsifying accounts, covering up losses of $1.7bn, in a trial that begins today.

在今天开始的审判中，奥林巴斯前董事长菊川刚承认篡改账目以掩饰17亿美元的损失。

Two other former executives, as well as the company itself, filed a guilty plea in Tokyo District Court.

They face up to 10 years in prison.

The three admitted to hiding losses dating back to the 1990s, which were brought to light by a former chief executive, Michael Woodford.

'Entire responsibility'

Mr Kikukawa said he regretted not revealing the accounting¹ irregularities earlier.

"There is no mistake. The entire responsibility lies with me," Mr Kikukawa said in court on Tuesday.

He also apologised for the trouble caused to investors², customers, employees and the general public.

The scandal was revealed when Mr Woodford, the British chief executive, was dismissed from his post after he challenged Mr Kikukawa and the board over suspiciously large payments related to acquisitions（兼并，获得）.

An investigation³ was launched that revealed a cover-up of losses.

Mr Kikukawa, former executive vice⁴ president Hisashi Mori and former auditing⁵ officer Hideo Yamada were arrested in February and later indicted⁶ on suspected violation⁷ of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

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1 accounting
n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表
参考例句：
A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。 There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

2 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 auditing
n.审计，查账，决算
参考例句：
Auditing standards are the rules governing how an audit is performed.收支检查标准是规则统治一个稽核如何被运行。 The auditing services market is dominated by a few large accounting firms.审计服务市场被几家大型会计公司独占了。

6 indicted
控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。 He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

7 violation
n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯
参考例句：
He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。 He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。