"Corrupt, fraudulent behavior": Car company sued ex-boss Ghosn for insane sum

After his spectacular flight to Lebanon, ex-Nissan Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn is in great trouble. The list of charges is long.

• Despite house arrest in Japan, ex-Renault Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn fled to Lebanon ready for the movie.
• The once respected business boss is dragged to court by the group.
• The list of charges is long - money gifts, real estate, and planes .

Update of February 12, 2020: Carlos Ghosn was once one of the most powerful car bosses in the world, now the manager with three citizenships is a fallen man. The Japanese manufacturer Nissan has sued its ex-boss (65), who has now fled to Lebanon, for damages in the millions. Renault's Asian alliance partner has announced that a civil lawsuit has been filed with the Yokohama District Court (JPN) for over ten billion yen (equivalent to 83 million euros).

This was intended to compensate for some of the financial damage Carlos Ghosn had done to the company during his time at Nissan-Renault due to his years of "fraudulent" and "corrupt" behavior. His former employer's allegations include private use of corporate jets, payments made to Ghosn's sister, monetary gifts to his private Lebanese lawyer, and use of real estate abroad without paying the rent himself. In addition, there would ultimately be costs for the internal investigation against the accused.

Spectacular escape: Ex-Renault boss Ghosn escapes - in a double bass case?

Update of January 3, 2020: After his surprising escape from Japan to Lebanon , the former autoboss Carlos Ghosn is now being sought by means of an international arrest warrant. Lebanese judicial circles said on Thursday that the international police agency Interpol had sent a request to the General Prosecutor's Office in Beirut on behalf of the Japanese government.

According to this, Ghosn will be questioned in Lebanon next week about the allegations. Then it will be decided whether Japanese experts will be involved in the investigation there. Government circles in Beirut also said that Ghosn had entered Lebanon with a valid new French passport.

Visibly taken away: Carlos Ghosn is dragged to court by his ex-employer for breach of trust.

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Meanwhile, the former autobus Ghosn spoke up in a statement in the " Wall Street Journal ": In doing so, he protected his family, who knew nothing about his escape and did not help him. "There was speculation in the media that my wife Carole and other members of my family played a role in my departure from Japan," said Ghosn, adding, "All of this speculation is inaccurate and incorrect. I arranged my departure alone My family didn't matter at all. "

Update of January 2, 2020, 1:10 p.m .: After the surprising escape of the former auto boss Carlos Ghosn from Japan to Lebanon, seven alleged helpers have been arrested in Turkey. Among them are four pilots, the state news agency Anadolu reported on Thursday. They are suspected of helping Ghosn escape from Japan via Istanbul to Lebanon on a private jet. Investigators searched Ghosn's house in Tokyo. The ex-manager in France could feel safe.

"If Mr. Ghosn came to France, we would not extradite Mr. Ghosn, because France never extradits its own nationals," said the Secretary of State in the French Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, to BFMTV on Thursday.

Spectacular escape from Japan: ex-boss of Renault-Nissan escapes - in a double bass case?

Announcement of origin from January 2, 2020, 9.40 a.m .: Nobody would have expected this spectacular turning point in the affair with ex-Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn: although the ex-manager has banned him from Japan due to the upcoming lawsuit against him was and was even under house arrest there, Ghosn was able to leave the country.

The 65-year-old said that he had left Lebanon . How Ghosn managed to do this is still unclear. However, Lebanese authorities speak of legal entry .

Ex-boss of Renault-Nissan escaped from Japan: Ghosn gives its opinion

In a written statement, Ghosn said Tuesday that he had fled Japan from “injustice and political persecution”. Now he no longer had to wait for a trial in a “manipulated” judicial system . Where exactly the 65-year-old is staying is not officially known. But if there are voices from the environment of the ex-manager, Ghosn is in Beirut . There he was now with his wife, "free" and "very happy".

At that time still viewed: Renault Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn with Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche in 2010.

© dpa / Julien Warnand

It is also unclear how exactly the 65-year-old managed to escape. But the Lebanese news channel MTV wants to know the background of the spectacular escape. Accordingly, the ex-manager is said to have let a musician carry him out of the house in a double bass case . However, the 65-year-old's lawyers rejected this claim. Subsequently, according to MTV, Ghosn is said to have entered Turkey from Turkey with a French passport and his Lebanese identity card.

Carlos Ghosn fled Japan in a double bass case?

Ghosn apparently left his lawyers in the dark. The 65-year-old's Japanese lawyer, Junichiro Hironaka, said the lawyers are still in possession of Ghosn passports. In Tokyo, Hironaka said that he was "completely surprised" by his client's sudden departure: "I am speechless." Ghosn's escape was "no excuse". The Japanese government has not yet commented on the events.

Ghosn's parents are from Lebanon . He was born in Brazil , but spent most of his childhood in Lebanon.

The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Ghosn entered the country "legally". There is no extradition agreement with Japan and no legal cooperation. The State Security Service said he saw no reason to prosecute Ghosn in Lebanon. Paris stated that he had no knowledge of Ghosn's escape plans or the circumstances of his escape.

Ex-Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn: lawyers reject escape plan

Ghosn was arrested in Japan in November 2018. The local public prosecutor accuses him, among other things, of misusing company capital and transferring private losses to Nissan. Ghosn spoke of a conspiracy at Nissan to get rid of him. The reason is that he wanted to bring Nissan closer to the French car maker Renault .

Ghosn's lawyers also accuse the Japanese investigators of secretly collaborating with Nissan and having effectively transferred their investigations to the Japanese automaker. The family of the former top manager also denounced the rigid requirements of the judiciary as "inhuman".

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