51.   Corporate racketeer admits taking bribes in major financial scandal.

52.   In a deepening scandal involving payoffs to a corporate racketeer, Tokyo prosecutors Wednesday questioned the former president of Yamaichi Securities Co., a major Japanese brokerage.

53.   In a deepening scandal involving payoffs to a corporate racketeer, Tokyo prosecutors on Wednesday arrested the former president of Yamaichi Securities Co., a major Japanese brokerage.

54.   Japanese corporate racketeers commonly buy stock in target companies and threaten to raise embarrassing questions about executive sex scandals or business losses if not paid off.

55.   Japanese prosecutors raided the main office of Daiwa Securities Co. on Thursday in connection with a scandal involving payoffs to a corporate racketeer, an official said.

56.   Japanese prosecutors raided Daiwa Securities Co. offices and the homes of its top executives Thursday in connection with a scandal involving payoffs to a corporate racketeer.

57.   Japanese corporate racketeers buy stock in target companies and threaten to raise embarrassing questions about executive sex scandals or business losses if not paid off.

58.   Nomura is already reeling from another scandal centered around huge payoffs to a corporate racketeer.

59.   Nikko, along with a major Japanese bank and three other brokerages, has separately been accused of funneling illegal profits to a corporate racketeer.

60.   On Thursday, Tokyo prosecutors arrested four Dai-Ichi executives on suspicion that they extended illegal loans to a corporate racketeer.