A U.S. judge on Friday ruled 2 American men can be legally extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country to escape criminal prosecution by ElanaLyn
Ghosn was arrested in Japan in November 2018 and charged with multiple
of financial wrongdoing, including hiding his total compensation from regulators and using Nissan’s resources for his own benefit; he has strongly denied all charges.Ghosn has denied all allegations, arguing they were part of a coup to stop his efforts to strengthen Nissan’s alliance with its French partner, Renault. Nissan hasGhosn’s claim. Ghosn helped engineer Renault’s $5.4 billion bailout of Nissan in 1999 and set up the alliance between Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi.
, adding that he would “no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is presumed.”
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