The former 54-year-old employee who worked at the Bank of Japan's head office was arrested last month by the police last month as it stole gold coins when he was conducting work to check whether the memorial gold coin to be kept is genuine It was.

The Bank of Japan decided to dispose of this staff as disciplinary officials and was conducting detailed investigation.

As a result, it turned out that the stolen gold coins were found to amount to 3.75 million yen in terms of the amount of 38 pieces, more than twice as much as it was released last month.

In order to clarify management responsibilities at the Bank of Japan, four officials, including the ticketing officers at the time, were dismissed for damages and reprimands, three of whom said they would voluntarily return 10% of salary by 3 months It is that. Also, at that time, the director who was in charge of the ticket office received strict attention, and 10% of salary will be repaid independently for three months.

The BOJ intends to introduce measures to increase the number of people monitoring the handling of the commemorative gold coins and to investigate the belongings of officials entering and leaving the storage place with metal detectors, in order to prevent recurrence I will.

Bank of Japan Board Director Nobutaka Yoshioka stated, "The handling of money is the backbone of the Bank of Japan and I want to set aside measures to prevent recurrence and work hard to restore trust."