Renault-Nissan Finances Draw Scrutiny in Ghosn Scandal: Documents

Renault-Nissan Finances Draw Scrutiny in Ghosn Scandal: Documents
Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn waits for the French President to arrive for a visit of the Renault factory in Maubeuge northeastern France, 08 Nov. 2018. Etienne Laurent/AFP/Getty Images
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PARIS/TOKYO—Renault-Nissan executives including the French carmaker’s general secretary Mouna Sepehri worked on an abortive 2010 plan to pay out part of Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s Nissan compensation through the companies’ Dutch holding Renault-Nissan BV (RNBV), according to documents seen by Reuters.

Ghosn’s undisclosed Nissan income is at the center of allegations by Tokyo prosecutors against the alliance’s boss, who has been charged in Japan with failing to declare $43 million in compensation for the years 2010-15 that he had arranged to be paid later.