A former Green Beret and his son were arrested Wednesday in Massachusetts on charges they smuggled Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a box while he awaited trial there on financial misconduct charges.
WASHINGTON — A former Green Beret and his son were arrested Wednesday in Harvard on charges they smuggled Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a box while he awaited trial there on financial misconduct charges.
Michael Taylor, 59, and Peter Taylor, 27, are wanted by Japan on charges they helped Ghosn escape in December after he was released on bail.
The Taylors were arrested by the U. S. Marshals Service in Harvard. Assistant U. S. Attorney Stephen Hassink said Japan plans “as quickly as possible” to submit a formal request to extradite the Taylors.
The escape plot began on Dec. 28,2019, when Peter Taylor arrived in Japan and met with Ghosn at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo for about an hour, authorities said.
