The case of Carlos Ghosn.. Exciting stations and the trial of two Americans for smuggling him in a box
The trial of two Americans accused of helping former auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in his sudden escape to Lebanon in late 2019 began in Tokyo today.
The following are the most prominent stations in Ghosn's case since his arrest in late 2018 in Japan until now:
On November 19, 2018, the head of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Motors car alliance was arrested upon his arrival in a private Nissan plane to Tokyo, on suspicion that the 65-year-old French-Lebanese-Brazilian businessman had not declared a large part of his income to the authorities. finance between 2010 and 2015.
His American aide, Greg Kelly, who was accompanying him on the plane, was also arrested on suspicion that he helped him in this, according to Japanese investigators.
Ghosn was fired from the Nissan board of directors on November 22, 2018, and then from Mitsubishi Motors in November.
On December 10, Ghosn was charged with not declaring his full income.
On December 21, 2018, Japanese prosecutors filed new charges against Ghosn on suspicion of trying to get Nissan to cover losses from private investments in 2008.
Greg Kelly was released on bail on December 25, with a ban on leaving Japan pending trial.
On January 11, 2019, Ghosn was formally accused of exploiting confidence and devaluing his income in Nissan's financial reports between 2015 and 2018.
On the 22nd of the same month, the Japanese judiciary rejected the request to release Ghosn on bail.
The next day, the businessman tendered his resignation from the Renault presidency.
On January 31, in an interview with Agence France-Presse and the French newspaper Les Echos, Ghosn denounced from his imprisonment a "plot" orchestrated by Nissan to prevent an advanced merger project with Renault.
In February 2019, Renault informed the judiciary that its former president had obtained "personal gains" when he rented the Palace of Versailles and the Grand Trianon to hold his wedding in October 2016 for a sum of 50,000 euros as part of a sponsorship contract between the French company and the Palace of Versailles.
On March 5, a Japanese judge agreed to release Ghosn on bail of one billion yen (eight million euros) while preventing him from leaving Japanese territory.
On April 4, Ghosn was again arrested for allegedly using $5 million of company funds for personal purposes.
On the 22nd of the same month, a new accusation was brought against him of exploiting trust in the Nissan company.
On the 25th of the month, he was released on bail with strict restrictions and prevented from contacting his wife.
On June 4, an internal audit conducted by Renault and Nissan at the group's Dutch subsidiary, RNBV, revealed suspicious expenditures of 11 million euros by Carlos Ghosn.
On September 23, Ghosn managed to avoid prosecution in the United States for not declaring all of his income to Nissan, by agreeing to pay a fine of one million dollars.
He was also prohibited from being a manager or a member of the board of directors of any company listed on the stock exchange for a period of 10 years.
Escape to Lebanon On December 30, 2019, Carlos Ghosn arrived in Beirut following a remarkable escape.
It is suspected that he left Japan hiding in an audio equipment box.
On January 7, 2020, the Japanese judiciary issued an arrest warrant for Carol Ghosn on suspicion of giving false testimony in the investigation of her husband.
On August 8, Carlos Ghosn denounced, during a press conference, a "conspiracy" plotted against him, promising to clear his name.
On the 9th of the month, the Lebanese judiciary banned him from leaving the country after the Public Prosecution interrogated him about an extradition request issued against him by the International Police "Interpol", knowing that Lebanon does not extradite its citizens.
On January 30, the Japanese judiciary issued arrest warrants for Carlos Ghosn and three people suspected of his complicity in the escape.
On February 10, 2020, Carlos Ghosn asked Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors in a Dutch court for damages of 15 million euros, accusing him of arbitrary termination of his contract.
On November 12, Nissan filed a complaint in Japan for Carlos Ghosn for 10 billion yen (more than 80 million euros) worth of damages and damages, and the trial opened in the civil lawsuit on November 13, 2020.
On the 19th of the month, the Public Prosecution Office in Nanterre, France, announced that it had handed over to an investigative judge the results of an investigation into suspicions of misuse of Renault funds directed against Ghosn and others.
Ghosn filed a lawsuit with the Labor Court, demanding "Renault" pension compensation of 250 thousand euros, and also threatened to file a complaint with a commercial court to request an annual pension of 800,000 euros and shares worth approximately 12 million euros.
On May 20, former US Special Forces member Michael Taylor and his son Peter were arrested in the United States on suspicion of helping Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan.
On September 15, the trial of Greg Kelly began in Tokyo in the case of deferred payments to Carlos Ghosn to "Nissan".
Kelly pleads his innocence, and faces a prison sentence of up to 10 years, while the "Nissan" company also pleaded guilty to the prosecution.
On February 24, 2021, a court in Istanbul sentenced three Turkish citizens, a senior official of the MNG Jet private jet charter group, and two pilots, to four years and two months in prison for helping Carlos Ghosn escape.
On March 2, Michael Taylor and his son arrived in Tokyo after being handed over by US authorities, and they were indicted on March 22 for their supposed role in Ghosn's escape.
On May 20, a Dutch court ordered Carlos Ghosn to repay 5 million euros in bonuses he had received to Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors.
Between May 31 and June 4, French investigative judges heard Ghosn in Beirut in the various judicial files that affect him in France, but he cannot be charged outside French territory.
On June 14, the trial of Michael and Peter Taylor began in Tokyo.
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