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Clobber420 t1_j6x0mcb wrote

How'd they get caught?

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MickIAC t1_j6xxabf wrote

There was an investigation into the Tokyo 2020 organising committee board (notably separate from the IOC) likely due to the closeness of certain members with the ad agencies.

A lot of this corruption stems through Takahashi. Bids were "open" but were effectively handed to preferred agencies, with nearly half the test events having one bidder in each category. Believe it was 26 of the 56 or something.

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iwascompromised t1_j6yw5a7 wrote

A company I worked for at the two previous Olympics has been providing services at the Olympics since at least the mid-2000s. They couldn’t even get a foot in for a chance at bidding these for their services.

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MickIAC t1_j71kizq wrote

What service sector if you don't mind me asking?

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walterpeck1 t1_j6x4ara wrote

>Prosecutors say Takahashi acted in ways to favor the companies with sponsorships and other benefits related to the Olympics in return for the bribes.

That's the only info provided in the article, not a whole lot to gleam there other than he was acting suspicious and was on the radar of authorities (or got snitched on, who knows).

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thephogisreal t1_j6x4u88 wrote

That's not what was asked lmao

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loseitthrowaway7797 t1_j6xas78 wrote

> Prosecutors say Takahashi acted in ways to favor the companies with sponsorships and other benefits related to the Olympics in return for the bribes.

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NlXON t1_j6xbeoe wrote

That's not what was asked lmao

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Zederikus t1_j6xc6sa wrote

Prosecutors say Takahashi acted in ways to favor the companies with sponsorships and other benefits related to the Olympics in return for the bribes.

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walterpeck1 t1_j6xc4o5 wrote

I was providing the only info from the article available that explained how they got caught, which is that one member of the company that was at the center of the corruption charges did the above.

I know it's not a lot of info, I was just trying to save a click here.

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ILikeSpottedCow t1_j6xklpp wrote

Don't answer if you don't know the correct answer then

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walterpeck1 t1_j6xlazi wrote

Well excuse me for trying to be helpful. I'll be super careful next time just for you.

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Smtxom t1_j6xxm79 wrote

Stop wasting my time reading this dumb comment and get me my pictures of Spider-Man!

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