An ex-Green Beret and his son were arrested Wednesday for allegedly helping former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan to avoid criminal charges, federal prosecutors say.
where he was out on bail and awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct, including the concealment of millions in income.
Ghosn's lawyers say the allegations are a result of trumped-up charges rooted in a conspiracy among Nissan, government officials and prosecutors to oust him to prevent a fuller merger with one of Nissan's alliance partners, Renault SA of France.by Seamus Hughes, deputy director of George Washington University's program on extremism.Tom Winter is a New York-based correspondent covering crime, courts, terrorism and financial fraud on the East Coast for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
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