(c) Bertel Schmitt
Today, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi’s multi-role top executive Carlos Ghosn descended in his private jet into Tokyo’s Haneda airport for a routine visit at Nissan’s headquarters in Yokohama, 20 minutes further south. This time, the reception was less deferential than usual. Ghosn and his close confidante Greg Kelly found themselves behind bars. The two were arrested by Tokyo prosecutors for alleged financial misconduct at Nissan Motor.
Nissan swiftly issued a press release, saying that “based on a whistleblower report,” Nissan had conducted an internal investigation, which came to the conclusion that “over many years both Ghosn and Kelly have been reporting compensation amounts in the Tokyo Stock Exchange securities report that were less than the actual amount, in order to reduce the disclosed amount of Carlos Ghosn’s compensation.”
