A courtroom of relief: FBI recovers funds for victims of scammed banker
courtroom , relief, funds , victims ,
各単語の日本語訳
各単語の日本語訳
scammed banker は直訳すると「詐欺に遭った銀行員」となりますが、文脈によっては「詐欺を働いた銀行員」と解釈することも可能です。前後の文脈によってニュアンスが変わるため、詳細が必要な場合はその文脈を考慮して判断する必要があります。 |
relief- feeling of relaxation and reassurance 11:36 courtroom- a place where they investigate 11:43 trust entrusted-give responsibility |
I heard the news that a staff member of Mitsubishi Bank had embezzled 1 billion yen of the bank’s money.
I also saw news questioning how an ordinary poor person can be arrested for stealing a 100-yen loaf of bread, yet someone who embezzles 1 billion yen goes unpunished. |
Posted December 2, 2024
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Read the following words/expressions found in today’s article.
- embezzle / ɛmˈbɛz əl / (v.) – to steal or take money that has been entrusted to one’s care by a company or an organization
Example:
The company’s accountant embezzled funds and left the country to hide from authorities.
entrusted
entrusted の日本語訳 託された、任された、委ねられた 文脈に応じて、「信頼して任された」というニュアンスが含まれることもあります。
care
care の日本語訳
文脈によって、「管理」「保護」「世話」の意味で使われることが多いです。 |
- jettison / ˈdʒɛt ə sən / (v.) – to dispose or throw away something
Example:
Old products were jettisoned as the company offered new products.
- the ether / ði ˈi θər / (n.) – the air or the sky
Example:
Her hopes for a better future disappeared into the ether after the failed project.
英訳 同じように,空を使いますが,日本語の空は2つの意味を持ちます.一つは上空の空,もう一つはなにもないことです.
Similarly, the word “sky” is used, but in Japanese, the word “sora” (空) has two meanings. One refers to the sky above, and the other refers to emptiness or nothingness. |
- bequest / bɪˈkwɛst / (n.) – the money or property of a person that is arranged and promised to be given to another person
Example:
The father’s bequests were divided among his five children.
arranged
arranged の日本語訳 手配された、整理された、準備された 文脈によっては、「計画された」「段取りがつけられた」というニュアンスを含むこともあります。 |
- deceitful / dɪˈsit fəl / (adj.) – hiding the truth, dishonest
Example:
His deceitful actions destroyed his relationship with his friends.
Article
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Sobs of relief broke out in a federal courtroom in Kansas as dozens of people whose life savings had been embezzled by a bank CEO learned that federal law enforcement had recovered their money.
broke out, learned,federal law enforcement
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“I just can’t describe the weight lifted off of us,” said Bart Camilli, 70, who with his wife Cleo had just learned they’d recover close to $450,000—money Bart began saving at 18 when he bought his first individual retirement account. “It’s life-changing.”
In August, former Kansas bank CEO Shan Hanes was sentenced to 24 years after stealing $47 million from customer accounts and wiring the money to cryptocurrency accounts run by scammers. Prosecutors said Hanes also stole $40,000 from his church, $10,000 from an investment club and $60,000 from his daughter’s college fund and lost $1.1 million of his own in the scheme. Deposits were “jettisoned into the ether,” said prosecutor Aaron Smith.
Prosecutors, in the scheme, Deposits
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Hanes’s Heartland Tri-State Bank, drained of cash, was shut down by federal regulators and sold to another financial institution. Customers’ savings and checking accounts amounting to $47.1 million were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which paid off their losses.
drained of , federal regulators , financial institution, amounting to, insured ,Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ,paid off
各単語・フレーズの日本語訳と解説
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But there were still 30 shareholders of the community-owned rural bank Hanes helped found—including his close family friends and neighbors—who thought they lost $8.3 million in investments: well-planned retirements were upended, funds for long-term eldercare gone, education funds and bequests for children and grandchildren zeroed out.
shareholders , community-owned rural bank , helped found, upended, ong-term eldercare , zeroed out
各単語・フレーズの日本語訳と解説
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The shareholders stood to cheer federal Judge John W. Broomes in Wichita after he told them, one at a time, that they’d be paid back in full. The FBI recovered the funds from a cryptocurrency account held by Tether Ltd. in the Cayman Islands.
shareholders , stood to cheer,
各単語・フレーズの日本語訳と解説
必要に応じて、さらに詳細な解説を提供できます!
one at a time
one at a time の日本語訳 一人ずつ、一度に一人ずつ
解説:
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During an earlier sentencing hearing, these victims had called Hanes a “deceitful cheat and a liar,” and “pure evil.”
deceitful cheat and a liar, pure evil
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Margaret Grice came to court figuring she’d get $1,000 back. Instead, she learned she’d be recovering almost $250,000.
court figuring, Instead
各フレーズの日本語訳と解説
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“I’m just really thrilled,” she said. “I can breathe.”
thrilled, breathe
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This article was provided by The Associated Press.