French car group Renault is considering a lawsuit against its former boss Carlos Ghosn after revealing Tuesday (June 4th) that he had committed € 11m of "suspicious expenses" to a joint venture with Nissan based in the French -Low.
The French manufacturer thus finishes the household in its accounts and definitively closes a chapter which poisoned during several months its relations with the Japanese ally Nissan, at the origin of the revelations which led to the arrest of Carlos Ghosn in Japan on the 19th. last November.
The internal audit, conducted for months by Renault and Nissan in their Dutch subsidiary RNBV, has identified 11 million euros of suspicious expenses that engage the responsibility of Carlos Ghosn.
Extra cost of private jet travel
The board of directors of the diamond group, which met Tuesday to study a merger project with Fiat Chrysler, took note in the afternoon of the final conclusions of the audit commissioned Mazars.
The € 11 million includes "extra costs for Mr. Ghosn's travel by air", which could be personal trips in a private jet, "certain expenses incurred by Mr. Ghosn" and "donations that benefited organizations with a purpose non-profit, "they said.
A complaint for abuse of property against Rachida Dati
Moreover, the National Financial Prosecutor (PNF) announced on Tuesday the opening of a preliminary investigation into contracts signed by the European Member of Parliament and lawyer Rachida Dati and security specialist Alain Bauer with the Alliance Renault- Nissan.
This follows the complaint of a small shareholder for active and passive bribery, abuse of property and receiving, targeting Rachida Dati, Alain Bauer and Carlos Ghosn, told Reuters the lawyer of the complainant, Jean-Paul Baduel .
This complaint lodged a few weeks ago concerns in particular the functioning and the role of a Dutch entity of Renault-Nissan, RNBV.
Carlos Ghosn is already facing four charges by the Japanese courts: two for concealing income in stock market documents and two for different cases of aggravated breach of trust, including misappropriation of funds by Nissan.
Renault's latest revelations will complicate the defense of the 65-year-old former industry captain, who claims his innocence and has repeatedly denounced a conspiracy by Nissan.
With AFP and Reuters