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"I report that Yoshi's co-founder Yoshie Akiba filed a lawsuit alleging that business partners and her ex-husband Kazuo Kajimura tried to gain control of the business through embezzlement and fraud; Akiba alleges Kajimura, who worked as bookkeeper with access to business and personal accounts, paid himself more than Akiba and late co-founder Hugh “Hiro” Hori—totaling $585,155 between 2017 and 2020—and that a third-party review of Hori’s bank statements found “unusual transactions,” while Kajimura and the partners deny the allegations." - Dianne de Guzman