BOJ says employee likely stole gold coins worth 1.55 mil yen

The Bank of Japan said Wednesday it suspects one of its employees stole commemorative gold coins worth about 1.55 million yen ($14,400) from its head office in Tokyo.The central bank said in a statement that it moved the employee out of the relevant section and filed a police report the same day.According to the BOJ, a regular check of a vault on April 10 revealed that a 50,000-yen coin issued to commemorate the 1993 marriage of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako was missing.Further inspections found that 16 coins, including some 100,000-yen pieces issued in 1990 to commemorate…READ FULL ARTICLE