Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator given suspended prison sentence for insider trading

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1151911

Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka has been given a suspended prison sentence and fines of around $1.2 million (or 173 million yen) after he was found guilty of insider trading [...] While the court handed out a 2.5-year prison sentence, Jiji reports that it was suspended by four years.

Not a good way to go