Japanese authorities have alleged that corporations rigged the bids for 26 contracts value $3.95m.

Japan’s antitrust watchdog has filed felony complaints towards a variety of promoting companies and people over alleged corruption within the planning and advertising and marketing of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games.

The Japan Honest Commerce Fee mentioned on Tuesday it filed the criticism towards the six companies and 7 people after figuring out that the “malicious and critical case” would have a “broad impression on individuals’s lives”.

The six promoting companies named within the criticism are Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Tokyu Company Inc, Fuji Inventive Company, Cerespo Co and Similar Two Inc.

The transfer comes following months of investigations by authorities into claims that corporations conspired to rig bids for occasions within the run-up to the Olympics in violation of Japan’s antimonopoly legal guidelines.

Authorities have alleged that the bid rigging concerned 26 supposedly open tenders value 538 million Japanese yen ($3.95m).

Prosecutors earlier this month arrested a former Tokyo Olympics organising committee official and executives at Dentsu, Fuji Inventive and Cerespo in reference to the case.

On Friday, Dentsu chief govt Hiroshi Igarashi admitted to prosecutors that his firm had rigged bids for contracts associated to the Video games, Kyodo Information reported, citing unnamed sources near the matter.

Dentsu, Cerespo and Fuji Inventive have already been slapped with a nine-month ban from bidding for contracts at a number of authorities ministries.

The scandal follows the arrest final 12 months of Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Olympics board member and Dentsu govt, on suspicion of taking bribes from sponsors.

Executives from promoting agency ADK Holdings, clothes retailer Aoki Holdings and publishing firm Kadokawa have additionally been arrested in reference to the bribery case.