Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco responds after ex-employee arrested for embezzling nearly $4 million by selling a whopping 4,400 mobile devices over 7 years
May. 15, 2024Bandai originally filed a civil proceeding against the individual last year
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An ex-employee ofElden RingpublisherBandai Namcohas been arrested for embezzling a shocking ¥600 million over the course of seven years - all from selling 4,400 mobile devices.
Later that same year in November, a judgment was finalized in favor of Bandai Namco, meaning the company had effectively won the civil proceedings against its former employee. Bandai Namco then filed a formal complaint against the former employee to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, which is what has lead to the individual’s arrest yesterday.
“We will implement measures (review and improve our business processes, strengthen our internal control systems, etc.) in cooperation with outside experts to prevent recurrence of such an incident, and work together as a group to prevent recurrence,” Bandai Namco president Kawaguchi adds further along in the statement.
Ahead of Elden Ring’s new DLC, Bandai is giving away a 10-foot “life size” statue of a Shadow of the Erdtree boss.
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