Ex-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosen indicted for breach of trust
Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Former Nissan Motors Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn was indicted on new financial charges Friday in a Tokyo court. Ghosn, 64, was charged with aggravated breach of trust for allegedly transferring $ 17 million in personal investment losses to Nissan in 2008 as well understating his compensation by $ 37 million for three years through March 2018, the Nikkei Asian Review reported. Last month, he was indicted for underreporting his pay by around $ 46 million between 2010 and 2015. Ghosn has been in jail since his arrest on Nov. 19 at Tokyo's Haneda airport. Nissan dismissed Ghosn as chairman shortly after his arrest, but he remains chairman and CEO of Renault, which is the largest shareholder and partner of Nissan. The French company has assigned his duties to other executives. ...