Behind the Bars: List of Company Heads Who Have Committed Financial ViolationsCarlos Ghosn has been charged for underreporting his income and making personal use of company assets for his own benefit
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Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has been arrested again under fresh allegations of financial misconduct, after being released just last month on a $9 million bail.
This time, Ghosn has critical charges on suspicion of funneling $5 million from payments made by a Nissan subsidiary to a third party for personal gain. The 64-year-old executive is already fighting charges of underreporting his income and making personal use of company assets for his own benefit, said the auto-maker company in its statement to press. Ghosn had reportedly spent the next 10 days in the custody of Japanese authorities.
Ghosn's term as a chairman at Nissan had done wonders for the company in past and the news of the "financial misconduct" charges comes as big jolt to the company's top leadership. Ghosn has also gained a status of an expert in the auto-making industry as he took the reins of Nissan in his hands when it was about to collapse. He is also hailed for many innovations in the auto industry as he was the one who made the world's largest car-making alliance as chairman of Nissan, chief executive of Renault and chairman of the board at Mitsubishi.
Often called as a "legendary chairman" in the auto industry, Ghosn, is now being counted in the list of executives that have made financial violations within the company.
Here's a list of executives gone through the same charges in the past.
Rodrigo Rato, former chairman of Spain’s Bankia SA
Rodrigo Rato, former chairman of Bankia, was arrested on the conviction of making credit card frauds while running Bankia. The 69-year-old was charged for the misappropriation of the company's credit cards along with dozens of other executives for their own personal purchases totalling 12.5 million euros. Rato was sentenced for four and half years jail in October this year after he lost the legal battle. He is also a former managing director of International Monetary Fund.