22 August 2026
US Says, Carlos Ghosn Arrange $500K Bitcoin To Escape From Japan
U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing that the son of former Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn paid $500,000 in Bitcoin to one of the two Massachusetts men who helped him escape from Japan.
As per the Federal prosecutors, the payment was made to Peter Taylor after he and his father Michael Taylor who helped Ghosn run from Japan in a box and a private jet to avoid facing financial charges.
The payment in Cryptocurrency from Ghosn was on top of $862,500 Ghosn himself had wired to a company Peter Taylor managed in October, two months before his Dec. 29, 2019 escape, prosecutors said.
Taylors has been in jail since their arrests in May at the request of Japan, which is seeking their extradition.
The prosecutors stated that both the elder Taylor, a private security specialist, and his son pose a severe flight risk, saying they "now have access to Ghosn's vast resources with which to flee."
Prosecutors highlighted the interview of Ghosn on TV in which he said he was helping everyone who stood with him.
Ghosn runs away to Lebanon, his childhood home, after being charged with engaging in financial wrongdoing, including by understating his compensation in Nissan's financial statements. He denies wrongdoing.
Taylors claimed that charges against them were false as the Japanese penal code does not make it a criminal offense to help someone "bail jump" unless that person is in custody.
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