Sónico & El creador de Balan Wonderworld, Yuji Naka, habría sido arrestado durante una investigación de tráfico de información privilegiada de Square Enix

Yuji Naka – the co-creator of Sónico y el lanzamiento más reciente Balan Wonderworld – has reportedly been arrested during an ongoing Square Enix insider trading investigation.

This follows the news two Square Enix employees – Taisuke Sazaki and Fumiaki Suzuki – were both arrested for acquiring stock in Japanese game development company ‘Aiming’ prior to the announcement of a new La serie Fire Emblem está recibiendo otra entrada de Musou title on mobile.

Sazaki and Suzuki allegedly purchased around ¥47 million ($336,300) of stock in developer Aiming. Yuji Naka has also been accused of having insider information – adquisitivo 10,000 shares of Aiming stock for roughly ¥2.8 million ($20,000) before the same announcement.

Square Enix has issued a statement – revealing it’s working with authorities on the investigation and taking appropriate actions against the suspected employees:

“We deeply regret the great concern this has caused to all concerned. We have dealt with this incident strictly, including internal disciplinary actions taken against the suspected employees.”

Since the launch of Balan Wonderworld last year, Yuji Naka has also been involved in a lawsuit case with Square Enix, after he was removed from the game as the director “about half a year before release” in his words.