Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka receives suspended prison sentence for insider trading

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Yuji Naka, Sonic’s co-creator and the man behind ill-fated platformer Balan Wonderworld, has been found guilty of insider trading, but will avoid prison for now

Newscast: This week's biggest headlines from the FTC vs Microsoft.At this time, Naka was additionally fined twice for ¥2.5m and ¥170m , with his defence seeking a suspended sentence and to lower the fines. They claimed Naka"accidentally saw information that was extremely unrelated to [his] work". However, prosecutors said Naka"showed no signs of remorse" for his actions.

Now, judgement day has come, and Naka has been officially sentenced to two and a half years in prison and four years probation. This means, providing Naka does not break his probation, he will avoid a prison term .Balan Wonderland flopped on its release, selling less than 2100 copies in its opening week in Japan, and failing to make the top 40 in the UK physical chart.While he was there, he purchased shares worth ¥2.

 

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