Prudential Fires 64 Sales Staff Over Money Fraud Case
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Prudential Life Insurance is a company in Japan. It sells insurance to people.
The company found a big problem. Some sales workers took money from customers in a bad way. This is called fraud.
Prudential punished 157 workers. The company fired 64 sales workers. This means they lost their jobs.
The company also stopped 68 workers from doing their jobs for some time. This is called suspension.
Prudential held a press conference about the problem. This is a meeting where a company talks to news reporters.
One former worker said some workers had big debts. One person said they owed three million yen.
The former worker also said high pay was only for some workers, not everyone.
Vocabulary15 words
- fraud
- taking money from someone in a bad, dishonest way
- fired
- told to leave a job
- suspension
- a short stop from doing a job
- press conference
- a meeting where a company talks to news people
- insurance
- a plan where you pay money so a company helps you if something bad happens
- debt
- money that a person must pay back
- sales staff
- workers who sell things
- punished
- given a bad result for doing something wrong
- scandal
- a bad event that many people know about
- customer
- a person who buys something
- yen
- the money used in Japan
- company
- a business that sells things or services
- former
- not anymore; in the past
- problem
- something bad that needs fixing
- pay
- money a worker gets for working
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Answer key
1. Fired them 2. 157 3. False
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Prudential Life Insurance is a _____ in Japan. It sells insurance to people.
The company found a big problem. Some sales workers took money from customers in a bad way. This is called _____.
Prudential punished 157 workers. The company _____ 64 sales workers. This means they lost their jobs.
The company also stopped 68 workers from doing their jobs for some time. This is called _____.
Prudential held a _____ about the problem.
One former worker said some workers had big _____.
One person said they owed three million _____.
The former worker also said high _____ was only for some workers, not everyone.
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