At first, I was like what is the illegal part here? Yes he gambled huge amounts of money but there were no signs of money laundering. I was confused until it was mentioned that gambling is illegal in Japan. Gambling is generally banned in Japan with a few exceptions. Chomabayashi also acted as a casino affiliate using his social media accounts to refer users to the casino. He said that he did all of this since he thought that he would never get caught. But he was publicly working for an online casino so I do not know why he would think that he would not be caught by the authorities. It is ridiculous to me to be fined just for gambling but if that is the rules of your country.... you would have to follow.
If gambling was illegal in your country, would you still gamble?
It would be one thing if he simply played, perhaps using a VPN or some other methods, but if you say that he worked in a casino and was engaged in promotion through social networks, then this is not one violation, but a combination of violations, and such activity would have attracted attention sooner or later anyway. And of course, the amounts involved in the case are impressive, apparently gambling was a very profitable business for him, and here only one question arises, if it concerned hundreds of millions of dollars, then why didn't he just move to a country where gambling is allowed? With that kind of money, he could live in any country in the world and without fear that he could be arrested.