Ex-Green Beret and son accused of helping former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee Japan face extradition
- Michael Taylor, 59, and Peter Taylor, 27, are wanted by Japan for allegedly helping Ghosn flee to Lebanon to avoid trial for financial wrongdoing
- The pair were arrested after US law enforcement learned Peter Taylor had booked flight from Boston to Beirut
Japanese prosecutors on Thursday said they would seek the extradition of a former special forces soldier and his son, arrested in the United States and accused of helping fugitive former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn jump bail and flee Japan.
Former US Green Beret Michael Taylor, 59, and his son, Peter Taylor, 27, are accused by Japanese authorities of helping Ghosn flee to Lebanon to avoid trial over alleged financial wrongdoing.
The US Marshals Service arrested them in Harvard, Massachusetts, at the request of Japan, which in January issued arrest warrants for both men along with a third, George-Antoine Zayek, in connection with facilitating the December 29 escape.
Ghosn, who on bail at the time, fled to Lebanon, his childhood home, while awaiting trial on charges of under-reporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds, all of which he has denied.
Japan is closely communicating with relevant US authorities following the arrests, a Japanese government source said on Thursday.
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The plot to spirit Ghosn away involved “a dizzying array of hotel meet-ups, bullet train travel, fake personas and the chartering of a private jet”, prosecutors wrote in court documents.