The ousted chief of scandal-hit Olympus, Michael Woodford, on Thursday began meeting Japanese investigators over a cover-up of huge investment losses dating back to the 1990s, pledging the truth would out.
The Briton is in Japan for the first time since Olympus abruptly stripped him of his title on October 14, only six months after appointing him its first ever non-Japanese president and two weeks after he was also named chief executive.
Woodford, who blew the whistle on the scandal at the camera and medical equipment maker, held talks with prosecutors in Tokyo, where a special white collar crime unit is examining the matter.
“I have several files I wish to give them,” he told reporters as he arrived at the Ministry of Justice to discuss Olympus’ overpayments in a series of acquisition deals that have also led to probes by British and US authorities.
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