1. 14 Mar 2022 Business Suspension
| Authority | Shikoku Regional Development Bureau |
|---|---|
| Law / type | Construction Business Act / Business Suspension |
| Summary | 株式会社黒石ネット's employee (then director) received confidential information such as design costs from a municipal employee of Oni Kita Town, Ehime Prefecture, during the competitive bidding for five disaster recovery projects conducted between February and April 2019. The employee used this information to secure the winning bid for the company. As a result, the employee was convicted of violating Articles 60 and 96-6, Paragraph 1 of the Penal Code, receiving a sentence of 1 year and 6 months imprisonment (suspended for 3 years) on November 10, 2021, with the sentence finalized on November 25, 2021. This conduct was deemed to violate Article 28, Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the Construction Business Act. Consequently, the company was ordered to suspend its construction business operations related to civil engineering and earthwork nationwide for 120 days, from March 30, 2022, to July 27, 2022, by the Shikoku Regional Development Bureau. |
| Source | https://www.mlit.go.jp/nega-inf/cgi-bin/search.cgi?jigyoubunya=kensetugyousya&EID=search&no=594 |