The trial of a former Japanese lawmaker alleged to have illegally brokered authorities loans for a number of firms is about to start on the Tokyo District Courtroom on Monday.

52-year-old Toyama Kiyohiko was a lawmaker with the governing coalition companion Komeito. He as soon as served as a state minister of finance.

Toyama and three others had been indicted for illegally brokering loans from the government-owned Japan Finance Company to companies. They weren’t registered to function a money-lending enterprise.

The loans are a part of an help program for companies struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Sources say Toyama intends to plead responsible to the costs when the trial begins on the Tokyo courtroom on Monday.

Prosecutors say Toyama instructed two of his secretaries to introduce mortgage officers from the finance company to the businesses. They are saying Toyama brokered loans greater than 100 instances between March 2020 and June 2021.

Sources say Toyama advised the prosecutors that he had acquired a complete of round 10 million yen, or about 86,000 {dollars}, as rewards for his lobbying efforts.

The prosecutors searched some areas final August. A consulting agency operated by Toyama and the workplaces of his former secretaries had been among the many locations examined.

Consideration is concentrated on whether or not the trial will reveal how the previous lawmaker obtained concerned in illegally brokering loans and the way he influenced the lender’s selections.