Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie and three of his former executives were charged Monday with spreading false financial information about the takeover of a publisher in 2004, prosecution sources said.
They are also accused of releasing inflated financial figures in November that year for affiliate Livedoor Marketing Co., then known as ValueClick Japan Inc., to lift its stock price.
Both would be violations of the Securities and Exchange Law.
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