Greg Kelly.
It is reported that Kelly was arrested after Ghosn fled Japan. After being restricted for more than a year, Kelly will be tried in Tokyo District Court on September 15. Prosecutors in Tokyo revealed that Kelly, like Ghosn, was suspected of being involved in concealing Ghosn's salary of about 9 billion yen (about 580 million yuan) from 20 1 18, which violated the Japanese corporate finance law. Even if he was acquitted, Kelly paid a heavy price for it. He hasn't even met his newborn grandson. In addition, Kelly can't leave Japan during his bail, and his wife can only live with him in Tokyo on a student visa.
For the above allegations, Ghosn and Kelly's attorneys argued that the purchase of property was included in the company's internal agenda because of work needs and would not rise to the level of company legal proceedings.
According to Kelly's attorney, Japanese prosecutors have released about 65.438 billion pages of documents, most of which are in English, which can only be accessed on the computer in the Tokyo legal team office. It is worth mentioning that they still have more than 70 7-inch boxes full of evidence that have not been submitted as evidence. Now, there is only a week left before the trial.
Ghosn was arrested in Beirut, Lebanon.
Japanese prosecutors revealed that Nissan will also be tried together with Kelly as one of the defendants. Nissan has pleaded guilty and was fined 2.4 billion yen (about RMB 65.438+0.5 billion). The procuratorate said that a large amount of evidence against Kelly has been collected and the trial may last for one year. Nissan employees, including former CEO Hirohito Nishikawa, are expected to attend the trial as witnesses to support the prosecution.
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Industry analysts pointed out that Kelly had been confined to an apartment in Japan for more than a year before the trial, which may lead to interference with judicial justice. Regardless of the outcome of the trial, the Ghosn scandal has deeply affected the development of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance. Under a series of slimming actions to close factories and reduce production capacity, whether the alliance can restore its former glory may be a big question mark in everyone's mind. (Source: Yahoo Finance; Compile/car home? Yan Mingxi)