Carlos Ghosn may have escaped detention in Japan and fled to Lebanon, but his accomplices may not be doing so well.
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They say you can’t give up freedom, but that may not be true – at least in Carlos Ghosn, former CEO of Nissan Case. A recent court motion found that Ghosn transferred a substantial amount of money to a company led by one of the two people who helped him escape from Japan, according to a report released by Reuters on Tuesday.
How much money? Well over three quarters of a million dollars – $ 862,500 to be precise – and although we don’t know exactly how much of it was bought the instrument case that he broke out, that’s still a significant part of the change.
The two men who helped Ghosn – Father and son Michael and Peter Taylor – are currently being held in a Massachusetts correctional facility while awaiting possible extradition to Japan on charges resulting from Ghosn’s great escape.
Ghosn’s flight from Japan to Beirut appeared to be a smart move, because while Lebanon has no extradition treaty with Japan, the United States has. The Taylors have applied for a deposit, but have so far not received it due to a perceived flight risk.
While Michael Taylor’s previous career as a member of the Army Special Forces may have helped him get Carlos out of Japan, it doesn’t seem to be enough to get him and his son out of the Ghosn Zone.