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<text id=91TT1900>
<title>
Aug. 26, 1991: Business Notes:Scandal
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Aug. 26, 1991 Science Under Siege
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 42
Business Notes
SCANDAL
Well, She Had An Honest Face
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<p> In a season of scandal among Japan's largest financial firms,
an eccentric restaurateur from Osaka has managed to steal the
show. Nui Onoue, 61, who claims she began playing the stock market
in response to a "divine message," was accused last week of using
forged certificates worth $2.5 billion to obtain loans from a
host of banks and financial companies. Among the duped lenders
was the prestigious Industrial Bank of Japan. By last October,
Onoue had built up her portfolio to an estimated value of nearly
$780 million and ranked as one of Japan's largest individual
investors. But prosecutors speculate that the 39% plunge in
Tokyo share prices last year forced Onoue to make a desperate
move to cover her losses.
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</body></article>
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