Will the Full Story of Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's Escape Be Revealed... Two Accomplices Arrested in the US

▲Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan Motor Company [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] On the 21st, Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that two of the three accomplices who helped former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn illegally leave Japan for Lebanon while out on bail at the end of last year were arrested in Massachusetts, USA.

According to U.S. judicial authorities, the two arrested are Americans: Michael Taylor (59), a former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces Green Berets, and his son Peter Taylor (26). They were apprehended on the morning of the 20th (local time) in Harvard, Massachusetts. At the request of the Japanese prosecution, an arrest warrant was issued on May 6, and on this day, the Federal Security Service's special operations team made the arrest.

They are suspected of aiding and abetting violations of immigration control laws by assisting former chairman Ghosn's escape to Lebanon via Turkey in December 2019.

The Taylors are scheduled to appear at a judge's video hearing in the afternoon and have not yet appointed legal counsel.

It is known that they entered Boston, Massachusetts, USA from Dubai in March. The Taylors were reportedly planning to travel to Lebanon, where Ghosn is staying, via London.

With the arrest of Ghosn's accomplices, it is expected that the full details of Ghosn's escape, which had been shrouded in mystery, will be revealed.

Meanwhile, former chairman Ghosn boarded a jet and illegally left for Turkey without undergoing departure inspection at Kansai Airport around 11 p.m. on December 29 last year while out on bail.

Ghosn was indicted in November 2018 on charges including underreporting his income in securities reports from 2011 to 2015 and using company funds for personal expenses.

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