Our (Viewers Corner News) correspondent in Tokyo learned that the Japanese automaker Nissan has filed a civil lawsuit against the company’s former chairman (Carlos Ghosn), seeking 10 billion Japanese yen ($90 million) in damages. The automaker accused Carlos Ghosn of breach of fiduciary duty as a company director and misappropriation of Nissan’s resources and assets. According to the report, the lawsuit was filed at Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa and Nissan said the lawsuit was to recover a significant part of the monetary damages Ghosn inflicted on the company due to his years of misconduct and fraudulent activities in the company. The lawsuit is different from the ongoing civil lawsuit Nissan filed against Ghosn in the British Virgin Islands in August 2019. The damages according to the Japanese automaker is calculated based on funds linked to alleged fraudulent payments made to or by Ghosn, including the unpaid use of overseas property, private use of corporate jets, payments to Ghosn’s sister and personal lawyer, along with the costs of Nissan’s investigation into Ghosn and subsequent regulatory and legal costs. Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan chairman was arrested in Japan in November 2018 for alleged financial misconduct. He was held in house arrest in Japan and he later fled the country to Lebanon in December 2019.
Source: Viewers Corner News.