The former representative director of ITEC Co., Ltd. was convicted of obstructing a public contract related to a road reconstruction project in Matsuura Town, Ehime Prefecture, which was conducted through a general competitive bidding process on August 16, 2019. The conviction was for obstructing a public contract auction under the Public Contract Act, based on evidence that the project was awarded after receiving guidance from town officials that the material unit prices used for calculating the bid price were based on prices listed in commercial books, and that the estimated amount was close to the planned price. The court sentenced him to one year in prison with a three-year suspension on September 1, 2020, and the sentence was finalized on September 16, 2020. This conduct falls under Article 28, Paragraph 1, Item 3 of the Construction Business Act. As a consequence, Ehime Prefecture issued a suspension of business for 120 days from July 30 to November 26, 2021, specifically for civil engineering work related to public projects, based on Article 28, Paragraph 3 of the Construction Business Act.