US arrests two men wanted by Japan over former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn’s escape

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn talks during an interview with Reuters in Beirut, Lebanon. (File/Reuters)

• Japan had in January issued arrest warrants for both men
• Ghosn fled to Lebanon, his childhood home, at the end of last year

BOSTON: US authorities on Wednesday arrested a former Special Forces soldier and another man wanted by Japan on charges that they enabled the escape of former Nissan Motor Co. boss Carlos Ghosn out of the country.
Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts said that former US Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, helped Ghosn last year flee to Lebanon to avoid trial in Japan over alleged financial wrongdoing.
Japan had in January issued arrest warrants for both men along with a third, George-Antoine Zayek, in connection with facilitating the Dec. 29, 2019 escape. The Taylors are scheduled to appear by video conference before a federal judge later on Wednesday.
Lawyers for the men could not be immediately identified.
Ghosn fled to Lebanon, his childhood home, at the end of last year, while he was awaiting trial on charges of under-reporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds, all of which he denies.