Nissan has filed a civil lawsuit for 10 billion yen (90 million dollars) against his former Board Chairman Carlos Ghosn. This is stated in the published on Wednesday the message of the car company.
the Company said it seeks to "recover a significant part of the monetary loss caused to the company and its former Chairman." Last summer, Nissan has already filed a civil suit against Carlos Ghosn to the court in the virgin Islands.
Nissan said it expects that the amount claimed as compensation for damage "will increase in the future" as it seeks to return the fines that he will have to pay the regulators due to alleged misconduct of Mr. Gon.
Mr. Ghosn is currently in Lebanon after being under Deposit in Japan, where he was charged with financial misconduct.
gon, citizens of France, Brazil and Lebanon, was arrested by the Tokyo Prosecutor's office on 19 November 2018. According to the investigation, he did not declare properly his reward of 9 billion yen (80 million dollars), received as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nissan from 2010 to 2018.
Nissan has also accused Mr. Ghosn misuse of company money for foreign activities. Activities included a party at Versailles Palace in France and trips to carnivals in Rio de Janeiro.
He denies the charges of financial misconduct in Japan, claiming that the justice system of the country was rigged.
Mr. Ghosn, whose own capital is estimated at $ 120 million, was one of the most influential figures in the global automotive industry until his arrest in November 2018.
the Scandal has called into question the future of the Alliance of Nissan with Renault and Mitsubishi.
In April last year the Rut was released from prison and sent under house arrest on bail.
At the end of 2019, it became known that the gon ran from Japan to Lebanon via Turkey. On 31 December he confirmed this information, accusing the Japanese justice in injustice and prejudice.
the Trial was supposed to start this spring. Carlos Ghosn has repeatedly accused the management of the company Nissan is in cahoots against him. The Japanese automaker denies the accusations.
