Sonic the Hedgehog creator and former Square Enix employee Yuji Naka has been arrested for suspected insider trading.
Japanese news outlet FNN reported today that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office arrested Naka in connection with a case around Square Enix's partnership with Japanese developer Aiming.
Naka was an employee of Square Enix at the time the publisher signed a deal to have Aiming develop a Dragon Quest Tact, a mobile spin-off of the long-running RPG series.
source https://www.gamesindustry.biz/yuji-naka-arrested-for-suspected-insider-trading
