Japanese prosecutors called on the Tokyo District Court to hand a two-year prison sentence to Nissan’s former legal affairs head for the part he allegedly played in a “conspiracy” to conceal the true pay of its former chair, Carlos Ghosn.
Prosecutors accused Greg Kelly, a 30-year veteran of Nissan, of overseeing a system of “backdoor remuneration” for Ghosn, who evaded what would have been a lengthy financial misconduct trial of his own by fleeing to Lebanon in a private jet.
The custodial demand, which was lighter than some had expected, concluded the prosecutors’ final arguments in a trial that has involved dozens of testimonies, has reduced witnesses to tears and is unlikely to receive a verdict for several more months.