Executives at a leading Japanese bank have apologized and taken pay cuts after police arrested an employee who allegedly stole about $9 million worth of valuables from customers’ safe deposit boxes.

A former employee of the MUFG Bank has been arrested for allegedly stealing 20 kilograms of gold bullion worth 260 million yen (US$1.6 million) from customers’ safe deposit boxes.

The head of Japan's MUFG Bank has promised to review the financial institution's safe deposit box operations following a series of alleged thefts by a former employee.

A former MUFG Bank employee accused of stealing valuables from customer safe deposit boxes reportedly admitted to using overseas trading plat

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said its banking unit chief and other senior executives will take pay cuts to take responsibility for the theft of millions of dollars from customers’ safe deposit boxes.

MUFG Bank announced Thursday it will punish executives, including President Junichi Hanzawa, for a former employee's alleged massive thefts of customer assets from safe deposit boxes.

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The thefts at two branches of MUFG Bank spanned four years and ... according to the bank. The bank, one of Japan's three megabanks, was formed in 2006 by the merger of UFJ Bank and Bank of Tokyo ...

worth of valuables from customers’ safe deposit boxes. The thefts at two branches of MUFG Bank spanned four years and were uncovered last October.

At least 60 clients have been victims of the safe deposit box thefts, with the total damage expected to exceed ¥1 billion.

A former employee of MUFG Bank was arrested Tuesday over the alleged theft of valuables from customers' safe deposit boxes, police said. Yukari Imamura, 46, is suspected of stealing around 20 kilograms of gold bars worth around 260 million yen deposited by two male customers at the bank's Nerima

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