American father and son plead guilty in Ghosn case to aiding former Nissan CEO's escape from Japan in late 2019
FILE PHOTO: Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan and Renault chief executive, looks on during a news conference at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, in Jounieh, Lebanon on September 29, 2020.
Extradited to Japan from the United States in March, father and son are being held at the same jail in Tokyo where Ghosn was detained. He denied he was in touch with his father at that time, according to a document from the Massachusetts District Court.Ghosn fled while out on bail Separately, the trial of another American, Greg Kelly, a former executive vice president at Nissan, is also underway at the Tokyo District Court. It began in September. Kelly says he is innocent of the charge of under-reporting Ghosn’s compensation and was only involved in finding legal ways to pay Ghosn more to prevent him from leaving the company for a rival automaker.
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