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Supreme Court OKs extradition of U.S. citizens accused of brazen escape of Carlos Ghosn John Fritze, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – An American father and son accused of sneaking former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn into Lebanon in a music equipment box can be extradited to Japan to face charges in a case with the feel of a Hollywood thriller, the Supreme Court ruled Saturday.
Justice Stephen Breyer denied the request without explanation.
Michael Taylor, a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, and his son Peter met with Ghosn, who had been indicted on financial crimes stemming from his tenure at Nissan, in late 2019 in a Japanese hotel room. Security footage showed Taylor leaving the hotel with luggage – including two large audio cases – that were loaded onto a private jet.
Carlos Ghosn, former chief of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi multinational corporation, was arrested in 2018 on charges of money laundering and tax evasion during his.
A whistleblower at Nissan told a Tokyo court on Thursday he had been instructed to find ways of boosting the retirement benefits of the fugitive former chairman Carlos Ghosn. Nissan executive Hari Nada was testifying for the first time at the trial of Greg Kelly, who was a top aide of Ghosn when they were both arrested in 2018. Nada was a key player in Ghosn's sudden arrest, which sent shockwaves through the business world. He obtained.