As of September of 2013, Britain’s fraud prosecutor has charged Japan’s Olympus Corporation and its British subsidiary with misleading or deceiving an auditor. Three former Olympus executives, including Kikukawa were found guilty by a Japanese courtin July. They were given jail sentences while the company was fined 700 million yen forviolating security laws. Olympus is still under investigation by the U.S Department ofJustice and the Olympus board has resigned in wake of the scandal.