Overview
- KDDI disclosed that BIGLOBE and G-Plan allegedly booked as much as ¥246 billion in fictitious revenue spanning roughly nine years through the April–December 2025 period.
- The reported method involved disguising work as legitimate agency orders from advertisers that did not exist.
- Up to ¥33 billion may have been diverted outside the company, a figure still being examined by investigators.
- Two employees working in advertising operations are suspected of repeatedly carrying out the improper transactions.
- KDDI set up an external lawyer-led special investigation committee, delayed its April–December 2025 earnings release to late March, and plans to restate prior-period financials based on the committee’s findings.