Bank Insider Gets 9-Year Jail Term for Gold and Cash Theft

Oct 07, 2025 | News On Japan

TOKYO - The Tokyo District Court on October 6th sentenced former Mitsubishi UFJ Bank assistant branch manager Yukari Yamazaki to nine years in prison for stealing about 400 million yen worth of gold bars and cash from a bank safe deposit vault.

During the trial, the defense argued that weaknesses in the bank’s security system had allowed Yamazaki to repeatedly commit the thefts. However, in its ruling, the court dismissed this claim, stating that the defendant, who had earned the bank’s trust and held a position of responsibility, had exploited security systems in a way that only someone in her limited position could, effectively rendering them powerless. The court declared that her actions were “strongly deserving of condemnation.”

Source: テレ東BIZ

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