A 68-year-old former professor at Oita University's medical school has been arrested on suspicion of breach of trust after he allegedly had the university mass-produce specimens for a medical corporation he served as a director, while letting the corporation avoid paying for them, causing the university about ¥34 million in losses, NHK reported.
Breach of trust — shintaku haibai (背任) — is a charge brought when someone entrusted with another party's affairs damages that party for personal or third-party gain. The arrest concerns the handling of specimens made at the university for the corporation.
NHK's report gives the professor's age and his former post but not his name, the name of the medical corporation, the period over which the specimens were produced, or whether he has admitted to the allegation.
The university has not commented publicly on the case, and it is not clear from the report what internal checks covered the production of specimens for outside bodies or how the arrangement went unnoticed.