Ghosn Denies Involvement in Oman-Route Fund Transfers

Tokyo, May 13 (Jiji Press)--Disgraced former Nissan Motor Co. <7201> Chairman Carlos Ghosn has told a lawyer for him that he was not involved in alleged questionable fund transfers from the major Japanese automaker to him through a Nissan sales agent in Oman, it was learned Monday. Ghosn denied that he had played a role in the transfers of the Nissan funds to Good Faith Investments in Lebanon via the sales agent, according to the lawyer, Junichiro Hironaka. The special squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office believes that the Lebanese company was dummy firm effectively owned by Ghosn. But Ghosn has said that he knows nothing about it. Ghosn has also denied any fund transfer from Nissan to companies headed by his wife or son, according to the lawyer. The prosecutors office obtained email that reported to Ghosn the fund transfers to a bank account of GFI. The special squad indicted Ghosn on April 22 on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust for transferring 5 million dollars to the GFI account out of Nissan funds that were sent to the Omani sales agent in 2017-2018. END