Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn gestures during a news conference at the Lebanese Press Syndicate in Beirut, Lebanon on January 8, 2020.
The Taylors did not contest the allegations against them, admitting their role in the audacious escape that left Ghosn an international fugitive in Lebanon. At their first hearing, in June, prosecutors described the almost-cinematic details of the operation - including that Ghosn was hidden in a large case with air holes drilled into it to slip past security at an airport.
According to the prosecution, the Ghosn family paid the Taylors more than $860,000 for preparation and logistical costs, and $500,000 in cryptocurrency for lawyers' fees.Ghosn's escape started with him simply walking out of his luxury central Tokyo residence on December 29, 2019, and taking a shinkansen bullet train to Osaka in western Japan.
Ghosn transited in Turkey before arriving in Lebanon, which has no extradition treaty with Japan and has resisted calls from Tokyo to return the fugitive to face justice.Nissan's CEO was forced out after his own financial irregularities were uncovered in a probe that followed Ghosn's arrest.Meanwhile, a former Nissan aide to Ghosn, Greg Kelly, is awaiting the verdict in his trial in Japan. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of financial misconduct.
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