 So this story is almost so crazy. You might think I'm just making it up, but Not even I could make up something this Just insane. So I'm reading this article from Kotaku. It was written by Brian Ashcraft Now the title of it is former Square Enix employee arrested for allegedly stocking up games got consoles for resale In reality, it sounds like he sold some of them and the game consoles that he specifically targeted were Nintendo 3ds's hence why we're talking about this So let me just read this article do says Koji Takata made his name at Square Enix as a sales manager with his name in the credits for games Like dragging quest nine Earlier last month. He was arrested for allegedly improperly ordering game consoles for resale a violation of Japanese trust law according to gg press the 56 year old Takata Allegedly would deceptively buy Nintendo 3ds handhelds and other game consoles when making contracts with clients Reportedly saying the hardware was necessary as in he put the hardware in as a stipulation as part of the contract and Then it said that Takata would supposedly resell the game machines resulting in 1.4 million yen or roughly $12,374 of loss for Square Enix This is alleged to have happened between November 2011. No surprise 3ds released that year and September 2013 the month Square Enix disciplined Takata and The company brought charges for breaching trust law in 2015 And then Square Enix had this to say we're making an effort in employee training to prevent this from happening again This is just an insane story to me a guy I mean, we're talking about you know relative pennies here, you know, you're talking over a couple year period $12,374 is a significant chunk of money. So let's not pretend that it's nothing but comparatively to what this guy's salary was I mean he was he was a sales manager So he was at a management level position and he was probably making more than $12,000 per year. Let's be realistic He was probably up near the 30 to 50 thousand But to risk his career to risk not just his career at the time But any possible chance that he could be hired in the future to essentially steal systems from Square Enix That by the way Square Enix didn't need right Square Enix had had no idea at the time that these systems even Were being requested because Square Enix obviously didn't need 3ds units or dev units of 3ds or dev units of Xbox or PlayStation or Wii U or Wii at the time or whatever consoles he was getting besides 3ds 3ds Seems to be the only console being confirmed in this report, but it does mention there were others The companies of the Square Enix obviously would not need these systems in their contracts, right? They would contact Nintendo or Sony or Microsoft directly to get these systems Probably had a much lower cost than getting them from other companies other third-party companies or companies that they're making contracts with So yeah, so he was sneaking these these consoles in to these sales contracts and then Taking those systems and reselling them for profit This is just insane to me that a guy at this this level and at his age would do this especially in Japan Japan is very cultural and Highly respectable in terms of their business practices. It isn't just Nintendo that's like this across Japan They have a very high level of respect for the business and the company you work for it's just a big cultural thing in Japan's business and To see this guy who made it to an upper management position at Square Enix doing this Just man, how pathetic does he have to be right now? Obviously something to come out of this where we find out he was doing it because he had a terminally ill daughter And he couldn't afford the bills or something like that Which would be a sad story, but it's still not necessarily an excuse To be selling these systems and stealing from the company if anything That's an excuse to go to whoever your boss is and ask them for a better health insurance policy Or that you're gonna have to move on to a position at another company that has better health insurance and all that jazz And yeah, this is I'm just really confused and obviously, you know, I'm just pulling that out of my butt We don't know that he has any rhyme or reason to be taking the money other than he just wanted to make a little extra bonus for himself on top This is just a crazy story to me. It's hard to believe That somebody would do this at a company like that now someone doing that in the United States Would not be such a big shocking thing But someone doing that in Japan at a big company like Square Enix Wow I mean as phantom renegade said in the comments on the kataku article. He stole about $12,000. I mean that's completely bush league. What an amateur. I mean if you're gonna steal you might as well go for broke, right? But it's just insane to me that the guy risked his entire career and potential future career and now jail time To get these systems to resale There is so much better ways to make money if you need to make money than this. Yeah, man I Oh This is I don't even know what to say I mean what tell me what you guys think about this down in the comments below It is just insane to me that someone would even think this is okay this would be akin to me working at McDonald's because I used to working McDonald's a fun fact and me Every time a delivery truck comes in with food me deciding that I would take You know a handful of hot mustard off of the condiment cart every time we got a new condiments put it in my pocket and then Turning around going to the street corner and selling those packs for like ten cents a pop Which is cheaper than what McDonald's sells them for and making a little bit of extra money on the side I would obviously eventually get caught eventually getting big trouble lose my job potentially be dealing with thousands of dollars in fines and Potentially jail time depending on just how much of that condiment I ended up stealing and selling in the first place But to put that in perspective like it's such a minute thing to be doing Relative to all the things that Square Enix deals with Maybe that's why he thought he could get away with it because it was such a small thing like oh They're gonna give me these systems that square doesn't need so squares Not even gonna realize they're missing in the first place and I'm gonna sell them and it's not gonna be a big deal Just like McDonald's might not notice they're missing condiments because you know what they hand out condiments like candy to pretty much anyone who asked for I'm so it's reasonable to not really Realize there's condiments missing, but oh man This is I can't believe that this guy did it and the fact that his name is in the credits of You know Dragon Quest 9 like a huge game from Square Enix And to find out that a guy that appeared to be on the path of success at Square Enix Would sabotage his career to do something so stupid This is just a reminder of it doesn't I don't care where you work or how scummy You might think your bosses are or whatever excuses you come up with it's never okay to steal from your employer It's insane to me that he thought this was okay, or even if he didn't take it It was okay that he would just get away with it Man all that I mean come on who does someone really want to risk their career to steal some 3ds units and make a little money On the secondhand market selling them ah Man imagine that I was I lost my job at some major corporation because I was stealing 3ds and turning around and selling on the game stop Man I don't know you guys let me know what you think about the story in the comments below I am Nathaniel Ruffeljad from Nintendo Prime. 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