Carlos Ghosn

Security dropped the ball while monitoring ex-Nissan exec before brazen escape

The fugitive ex-Nissan exec who fled Japan in an instrument case made his brazen escape while the security company hired to monitor him was off the job, according to a...

Carlos Ghosn may have been helped by ex-Green Beret in escape from Japan: report

A couple of Americans with names matching private security contractors, including a former US Green Beret who has served time behind bars, accompanied fugitive Carlos Ghosn out of Japan while...

Jet company's rogue employee helped Carlos Ghosn flee

A Turkish jet company has filed a criminal complaint against a rogue employee whom it accused of aiding ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn's daring escape from Japan. The worker at private...

Carlos Ghosn parties in Lebanon after instrument-case escape from Japan

Embattled former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn celebrated New Year's Eve surrounded by his wife and friends in Lebanon, following his dramatic, Hollywood-worthy escape from Japan inside an instrument case. The...

Pilots detained over ex-Nissan CEO's wild escape from Japan

Turkish authorities on Thursday detained seven people – including four pilots – as part of the widening probe into former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn’s wild escape from Japan as he...

Here's what ex-Nissan CEO's wife thinks of his wild escape from Japan

The wife of Nissan's former CEO Carlos Ghosn said being reunited with her husband was "the best gift of her life" after she allegedly helped mastermind his wild escape from...

Carlos Ghosn joins long line of finance fugitives

Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn became the latest high-profile financial fugitive to make a cinematic escape from law-enforcement authorities this week. Mercenaries posing as musicians reportedly helped Ghosn flee financial...

Inside ex-Nissan boss' daring escape from Japan in musical instrument case

The 65-year-old former CEO made his escape after receiving a visit at his Tokyo home from a band whose members turned out to be mercenaries.

Disgraced Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flees Japan for Lebanon before trial

Disgraced former Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn landed at a Lebanese airport on Monday — news that likely surprised the Japanese prosecutors who banned him from leaving the country pending...

Nissan faces $22M fine in Japan over ex-boss' pay

Japanese officials have recommended a roughly $22 million fine against Nissan for underreporting its disgraced former boss Carlos Ghosn’s compensation. Japan’s Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission proposed fining the automaker...

Nissan cuts profit forecast after 70 percent quarterly plunge

Nissan reported a 70 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday and cut its full-year forecast to an 11-year low, hit by a strong yen and falling sales, and highlighting...

Nissan's Ghosn arrested again in financial misconduct case

TOKYO — Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested Thursday morning for a fourth time by Tokyo prosecutors investigating him for alleged financial misconduct while leading the Japanese automaker. Tokyo...

Japan court grants bail for former Nissan boss

TOKYO — The Tokyo District Court approved the release of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn on $8.9 million bail on Tuesday, although the end of his four months of detention...

Nissan, Mitsubishi say Ghosn improperly received $9M from joint venture

Carlos Ghosn improperly received $9 million in compensation from a joint venture between Nissan and Mitsubishi, the Japanese automakers said on Friday, raising the possibility of their ousted chairman facing...

Ex-Nissan chair Ghosn indicted for alleged breach of trust

TOKYO — Nissan's ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn was charged Friday with breach of trust, according to the Tokyo District Court, making the star executive's release unlikely for months. Ghosn, arrested Nov....

Ousted Nissan chairman denies accusations at Tokyo hearing

Ousted Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn declared his innocence in his first public appearance since his November arrest, telling a Tokyo court on Tuesday that he had been wrongly accused of...

Japanese prosecutors file new charge against Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn

TOKYO — Japanese prosecutors added a new allegation of breach of trust against Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn on Friday, dashing his hopes for posting bail quickly. Ghosn and another...

Ousted Nissan chairman Ghosn to remain behind bars even longer

TOKYO — A Tokyo court ruled Tuesday that Nissan Motor Co.’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, and another executive will remain in custody through Dec. 20, more than a month after...

Nissan Chairman Ghosn, executive charged for underreporting pay

TOKYO — Tokyo prosecutors have charged Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn, another executive and the automaker itself for allegedly underreporting income. The charges imposed Monday involve allegations Ghosn's pay was...

Mitsubishi Motors fires Carlos Ghosn after arrest

TOKYO — The board of Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors, which is allied with Renault and Nissan, voted Monday to dismiss Carlos Ghosn as its chairman after his arrest last week,...