Soon after, a one million yen embezzlement scandal erupted at the Nagoya branch of the bank and he proposed his dismissal from the president position due to its difficulty to remain as a going concern during the emergency shareholder meeting held in August of the same year.
だが、それからすぐ同行名古屋支店において100万円の横領事件が発覚し、同年8月、臨時総会にて北浜銀行の事業継続は困難との理由を以て臨時休業を発表し解任を申し出る。