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Tokyo prosecutors are gearing up for new lawsuits against Nissan Motor Co Ltd's outgoing chairman Carlos Ghosn for allegedly paying the builder for a business partner in Oman, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reported on Wednesday.
Tokyo prosecutors are in talks with the Attorney General's Office and other people and plan to make a decision soon on the opportunity to prosecute Mr Ghosn for new charges of breach of trust aggravated, said the newspaper, citing sources involved in this case.
A spokesman for the Tokyo prosecutor's office said he was unaware of any new investigations when contacted by Reuters.
Ghosn's spokesman has already said the $ 32 million payments made in nine years were a reward for the Oman firm, which is one of Nissan's leading dealerships. Mr. Ghosn did not direct these incentives paid to dealers and the funds were not used to pay a personal debt, the spokesman said.
Ghosn was arrested in Tokyo in November and faces charges of financial misconduct and aggravated breach of trust for failing to report a salary of about $ 82 million and to have temporarily transferred personal financial losses in Nissan's books during the financial crisis.
Ghosn, who previously headed the Renault-Nissan alliance, denies the charges. He was released on bail last month while he is awaiting trial.
Sources told Reuters earlier this week that Renault SA had alerted French prosecutors after discovering suspicious payments to a Renault-Nissan trading partner in Oman, while Ghosn was the general manager of the French automaker.
Nissan had previously established that its own regional subsidiary had made over $ 30 million in doubtful payments to Oman's distributor, Suhail Bahwan Automobiles (SBA).
The evidence sent to French prosecutors at the end of last week showed that much of the money was subsequently channeled to a Lebanese company controlled by Ghosn collaborators, sources said. .
Reuters has not been able to contact the SBA to comment on the case.
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