{"id":21940,"date":"2022-04-22T07:53:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T11:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=21940"},"modified":"2022-04-22T07:53:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T11:53:18","slug":"carlos-ghosn-surprised-by-arrest-warrant-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/04\/22\/carlos-ghosn-surprised-by-arrest-warrant-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Ghosn ‘surprised’ by arrest warrant reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former car executive Carlos Ghosn is “surprised” by reports France has issued an international warrant for his arrest, his spokesman has said.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This is surprising, Ghosn has always co-operated with French authorities,” he said on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors have reportedly issued a warrant against Mr Ghosn and four others over \u20ac15m (\u00a312.6m) in potentially suspect payments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Ghosn faced charges of financial misconduct when he fled Japan in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Carlos Ghosn, the former head of Nissan as well as an alliance between Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, was first arrested on charges of financial misconduct in 2018, for allegedly under-reporting his pay package for the five years to 2015. He denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He previously spoke of his dramatic escape from Japan, which involved disguising himself to go unnoticed through the streets of Tokyo, being hidden in a large music equipment box and fleeing to his native Lebanon as he awaited trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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An investigating magistrate in France has now reportedly issued five international arrest warrants against Mr Ghosn and four people linked to a car distributor in Oman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors allege Mr Ghosn funnelled funds from Renault through Suhail Bahwan Automobiles, according to reports first published\u00a0by the Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He used the money for personal purchases including that of a 120-foot yacht, the report says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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