He has stated on several occasions that he has confidence in the French judiciary and may reconsider his position. Carlos Ghosn, the ousted boss of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, is now the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by French justice as part of an investigation into “misuse of corporate assets and money laundering,” announced on Friday, April 22. . , the parquet floor of Nanterre to Agence France-Presse (AFP). The businessman, a refugee in Lebanon since his spectacular escape from japan of late 2019, had been arrested in November 2018 for financial embezzlement in Tokyo, where he should have been tried.
This arrest warrant was issued by the investigating judge of Nanterre in charge of one of the investigations into the Ghosn affair of concern to French magistrates: an investigation into payments of 15 million euros between the Dutch law company Renault-Nissan BV (RNBV ) and Renault’s distributor in Oman, Suhail Bahwan Automobiles (SBA).
In addition to Mr Ghosn, four other people are the target of these arrest warrants. According to Wall Street Journal, it would be Suhail Bahwan, the billionaire whose sprawling conglomerate owns the concession in Oman, two of his sons and the former general manager of the Omani concession. Mr Bahwan is one of the great fortunes of the Middle East. The magazine Forbes estimates it at 2.6 billion euros in 2022. One of his daughters, Hind Bahwan, is president of the Franco-Omani Friendship Association and in February 2019 received the Legion of Honor from the French ambassador in Oman.
Purchase of a 40 meter yacht
In this case, the researchers rely on an internal audit that Renault sent to court in 2019. They suspect that Mr Ghosn, through a shell company called Good Faiths Investments, is making payments from the French manufacturer (in this case performance bonuses) to his Omani distributor in his favor. Some of this money would have been used to purchase a 40-meter yacht.
“We learned through the press of the existence of this arrest warrant, declared to World a spokesperson for Carlos Ghosn. It should be noted that it was issued as part of the continuation of an ongoing investigation and that Mr Ghosn has not been convicted under any circumstances. † “This mandate is very surprising, because the investigating judge and the Nanterre prosecutor are well aware that Carlos Ghosn, who has always worked with the judiciary, is subject to a judicial prohibition to leave Lebanese territory”One of Mr Ghosn’s lawyers, Jean Tamalet, of King and Spalding responded.
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