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Madison Russo, a 20-year-old woman from Bettendorf, Iowa, has been sentenced to a 10-year suspended prison sentence with three years of probation after pleading guilty in a cancer scam. She is accused of stealing over $37,000 from donors by falsely claiming to have various forms of cancer. Russo will also pay restitution and fines, and if she completes probation, she will not serve the prison sentence.
Yuji Naka, co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, has been given a suspended prison sentence and fined $1.2 million for insider trading. Naka was involved in two separate incidents of insider trading while working at Square Enix in 2020. In one case, he and two co-workers purchased shares in a game developer before the partnership was publicly announced, and in the other case, he allegedly bought shares in a studio that Square Enix planned to partner with. The judge's ruling applies to both cases. Naka joined Sega in 1983 and later joined Square Enix, where he worked on the game Balan Wonderworld before being removed from the team and filing a lawsuit against the company.
Yuji Naka, co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, has received a suspended 2.5-year prison sentence for insider trading in Japan. He also faces fines totaling over $1.1 million. Naka pleaded guilty to violating Japan's Financial Instruments and Exchange Act by buying shares in game studios before their partnerships were made public. This kind of activity is rare in the gaming world and may damage Naka's reputation, although it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the Sonic franchise.
Yuji Naka, known for his work on the Sonic the Hedgehog series, has been sentenced to a suspended prison term of two and a half years and fined ¥173 million ($1.2 million) for insider trading. Naka purchased shares in Square Enix before the announcement of Dragon Quest Tact and Final Fantasy: The First Soldier, earning a profit of ¥23 million ($163,000). He pleaded guilty and showed remorse, which likely contributed to the lenient sentence.