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Former Nissan president Carlos Ghosn of Brazil left his penitentiary for the first time after being arrested for financial malfeasance in November. He was heard by Japanese justice on Tuesday (8) and affirmed his innocence.
"According to the AFP news agency, Mr Ghosn also claimed that he had acted with" unjustified defendants and unfairly detained on unfounded and unfounded allegations, "according to the Wall Street Journal
The approval of the directors of Nissan. "
It was led to a hearing in Tokyo District Court on dark glbad buses. This is the first time that Ghosn has appeared before a judge since his detention.
Ghosn had ten minutes to talk to the judge and the lawyers called for an immediate relaxation of the prison.
Japanese judge Yuichi Tada rejected the claim and upheld Ghosn's arrest on the grounds that the executive could tamper with evidence or flee the country.
He is accused of having concealed half of his income from the Japanese tax authorities between 2010 and 2015 and of falsifying Nissan documents to indicate that his wages were well below those that he had. he had really won.
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Ghosn is accused of having Nissan cover up "personal investment losses" during the financial crisis of October 2008, which he denies, according to his lawyers. quoted by the Japanese press. The amount involved amounts to 1.85 billion yen (about $ 16.6 million).
To solve this financial problem, they could have obtained the support of a friend from Saudi Arabia and made transfers of an equivalent amount to his account, from the account of a subsidiary of Nissan.
Carlos Ghosn, former CEO of Nissan, arrested in Japan in the case of Ghosn, who has only pbaded one-third of the time in Japan
According to reports in the press on Friday (4), the Office of the Prosecutor also suspects that Mr. Ghosn has moved about $ 45 million from Nissan to his "contacts" in Lebanon and in other countries.
Ghosn is also detained on a first charge of alleged tax evasion in the United States. Nissan's annual reports to the financial authorities.
His right hand, US executive Greg Kelly, director of Nissan, arrested November 19 in Japan with Ghosn, was released on Christmas Day.
Meanwhile, the management of the Renault-Nissan alliance is in trouble.
Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors removed Mr. Ghosn from the chairmanship of the board of directors, but the French Renault group has held him until now and has entrusted interim executive management to his number two, Thierry Bolloré.
