Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., was arrested on the 2nd on suspicion of helping Carlos Ghosn escape to Lebanon. According to the bank transaction records submitted to the US court, a total of about 91 million yen was sent from the former chairman's bank account in Paris.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has a policy of clarifying the details of the process leading up to the escape.
Michael Taylor (60) and his son Peter Taylor (28), a former member of the U.S. military special forces "Green Berets", said they helped Nissan Ghosn's escape to Lebanon in December. On the 2nd, they were arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of concealing the criminal, and their identities were transferred from the United States to Japan.
According to bank transaction records submitted to a US court, a large amount of money was provided to his son Peter before and after the escape by former chairman Ghosn, of which two months before the escape, October It was found that the former chairman's bank account in Paris had sent $ 540,000 and $ 320,000 in two installments to a company run by Peta, for a total of about 91 million yen.
In addition, Peter was provided with so-called virtual currency = "cryptographic assets" worth 53 million yen from January to May last year after his escape from Mr. Anthony, the son of the former chairman. The total amount of funds raised is equivalent to about 144 million yen.
The Special Investigation Department plans to investigate the two in earnest and clarify the details of the circumstances leading up to the escape of former Chairman Ghosn.