Former Chairman Nissan Ghosn's case history and "bail conditions" are 10:18 on December 31
Former President of Nissan Motors Carlos Ghosn, reported by media in Europe and the United States, has left Japan and arrived in Lebanon in the Middle East. He was charged with violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and was released on bail in April. I will summarize the progress of the case so far and the conditions of bail.
The course of the case
Case of Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan Motors, following an unusual course.
Ghosn was arrested and indicted three times from November last year for the crime of stating a small amount of his remuneration in his securities report and for his special abuse of illegally disbursing Nissan's funds from January to January. I was released on bail on March 6.
About a month later, on April 4, he was arrested for special appointment over a sales agent in Oman in the Middle East, and was released on bail again on April 25 after being charged.
The conditions for bail are
Ghosn's bail conditions are limited to single-family homes in Minato-ku, Tokyo, travel abroad is prohibited, lawyers keep passports, and travel for more than three days requires the permission of the court.
In addition, in the special case of Oman's sales agency, it is said that the company of Carol, the wife of the former chairman, is also involved, so contact with Carol is prohibited in principle unless permission of the court .
It also prohibits contact with stakeholders such as executives of Oman and Lebanon's distributors who have been misappropriated by Nissan.
In addition, a surveillance camera will be installed at the entrance of the residence, and the contents of the recording will be submitted to the court periodically, and only one mobile phone that cannot be connected to the Internet provided by a lawyer will be used to submit the call history to the court. Is required.
In addition, personal computers must be used only at the lawyer's office between 9 am and 5 pm on weekdays, and Internet communication records must be submitted to the court.
Last month, the lawyer said he visited the lawyer's office mainly during the weekday, working on a personal computer and participating in meetings with the lawyer last month. . The court has not allowed visits with his wife Carroll, but he has been allowed at least two meetings using the video conferencing system, and said they exchanged words on 22nd and 24th this month. .
No extradition treaty with Lebanon
There is no treaty between Japan and Lebanon regarding the surrender of suspects. For this reason, if Lebanon does not respond to Japan's request for the surrender of Ghosn's personal surrender, it is expected that it will be extremely difficult to achieve the surrender.