Tokyo court to rule whether deputy helped former Nissan chief hide $80 mn

A Japanese court will deliver its verdict on former Nissan Motor director Kelly who is accused of helping the automaker's ousted chairman, Carlos Ghosn, hide $80 mn of income from financial regulators

A Japanese court will on Thursday deliver its verdict on former Nissan Motor director Greg Kelly who is accused of helping the automaker's ousted chairman, Carlos Ghosn, hide $80 million of income from financial regulators.
 

The judgement, which comes after an 18-month trial and more than three years since Kelly's arrest alongside Ghosn, may be the closest a Japanese court gets to ruling on the culpability of Nissan's ex-chairman in alleged financial crimes. Kelly has taken centre stage in the Tokyo District Court because Ghosn is beyond the reach of Japanese prosecutors after fleeing to Lebanon in 2019 hidden in