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Nissan ex-chief, Ghosn indicted on two new charges

Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. [Photo: Courtesy]

TOKYO- Defense lawyers for Nissan ex-Chairman Carlos Ghosn said they will seek his release on bail after Tokyo prosecutors indicted him on Friday on two new charges of financial misconduct.

The former executive - once lauded for rescuing a near-bankrupt Nissan - was charged with aggravated breach of trust for temporarily transferring personal investment losses to the automaker in 2008, and for understating his compensation for three years through March 2018, prosecutors said.

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