A Tokyo court on Thursday fined major advertising firm Dentsu Group Inc. 300 million yen ($1.94 million), the amount sought by prosecutors, for its role in bid-rigging related to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.The Tokyo District Court also sentenced former Dentsu executive Koji Hemmi to two years in prison, suspended for four years, for rigging bids on contracts to plan test events and operate venues for the 2021 Summer Games. Prosecutors had sought a two-year prison term.Dentsu became the third company convicted among six indicted over alleged bid-rigging related to the global spo…READ FULL ARTICLE
