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posted by martyb on Monday December 10 2018, @02:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the Shocked!-Shocked-I-say! dept.

Prosecutors set to indict Ghosn and Nissan as CEO's role in focus: sources

Tokyo prosecutors are due to indict ousted Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn as well as the automaker itself on Monday, sources said, intensifying scrutiny of CEO Hiroto Saikawa's role in the financial misconduct scandal.

Ghosn was arrested on Nov. 19 on suspicion of conspiring to understate his compensation by about half of the actual 10 billion yen ($88 million) over five years from 2010. Nissan has said the misconduct was masterminded by the once-celebrated executive with the help of former Representative Director Greg Kelly.

Tokyo authorities plan to re-arrest the two executives, the sources said, declining to be named as they were not authorized to speak with media. Media reports have said the fresh crime was for three additional years of under-reported income. The two would then remain in custody without bail. Nissan itself is also likely to be indicted for making false statements in an annual report, they said. A separate source said there were concerns running through the company that Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa and others may also be indicted.

Earlier, Nissan sought to block Carlos Ghosn from accessing his company-owned apartment in Rio de Janeiro, fearing that he would remove or destroy evidence related to his misconduct.


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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday December 11 2018, @01:00PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 11 2018, @01:00PM (#772838)

    Usually the Japanese govt cooperates very closely with Japanese industry in situations like this; obviously he must have some something to offend someone in the Japanese equivalent of the deep state. I haven't found anything obvious in the financial news, yet.

    Your theory about culture is not totally unrealistic but in practice they seem to get more wound up about financial issues.

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