An additional complaint against Carlos Ghosn. Nissan announced Wednesday (February 12th) that it had filed a civil complaint against the former CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance in a court in Yokohama, Japan, for misconduct and fraudulent activities.

The automaker said it will claim compensation of 10 billion yen, or 83 million euros, from its former president - who is suing Nissan himself for abusive breach of contract - and warned that the amount could be revised upwards. the future.

The Japanese group explains in a press release that this complaint aims to recover a "significant part" of the damage caused, according to him, by his former boss during years of "bad behavior and fraudulent activities" on his part.

These damages must compensate for expenses that Nissan claims to have suffered because of the "corrupt practices" of its former boss, such as its use of residences abroad without paying rent, its use for private purposes of jets at the expense of the company, or payments to its older sister for fictitious consulting services depending on the group. This amount also includes the costs of Nissan's extensive internal investigation against Mr. Ghosn, as well as the group's procedural costs in this case in Japan, the United States and the Netherlands.

Carlos Ghosn strikes back

Nissan says the amount of damages it claims Carlos Ghosn could still climb: because the group is preparing itself to suffer financial sanctions in this vast affair.

The former president of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, who refutes all the accusations against him, fled last December from Japan where he was under house arrest on suspicion of financial embezzlement to reach Lebanon.

For his part, Carlos Ghosn claims 15 million euros in compensation from Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors for abusive breach of his contract, through a procedure in the Netherlands whose first public hearing was held on Monday.

In parallel, the former patriarch of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Motors alliance has also launched a legal battle against the French manufacturer, of which he demands the payment of a "retirement-hat" of a gross amount of nearly 800,000 euros per year and some 15 million euros in shares.

With AFP and Reuters

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