Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn was smuggled out of Japan in a corporate escape plot worthy of Hollywood. Fifteen months later, the American man accused of orchestrating his clandestine exit arrived back in the country with his son to face charges.
Japanese authorities took custody of Michael Taylor and his son, Peter, in Massachusetts, after the U.S. authorized their extradition for concealing Ghosn inside a large black box as he fled criminal charges in December 2019. After a 14 hour flight from Boston, they landed at Narita airport Tuesday afternoon, Kyodo News reported.
A role reversal months in the making was finally complete. The Taylors face a possible three-year sentence in prison. Meanwhile, Ghosn is a free man in Lebanon.