Accused Ghosn escape plotters too much flight risk for bail, says US judge

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Carlos Ghosn fled to Lebanon last December after being charged with engaging in financial wrongdoing.

US Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell said US Army Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, had also failed to show they would likely succeed in fighting the charges underlying Japan’s recent request for their extradition. Cabell cited allegations that the elder Taylor, a private security specialist, “used his skills and experience to plan and execute a most intricate, sophisticated, and deceptive scheme” to smuggle Ghosn out of Japan in a box on Dec 29, 2019.

The Taylors had argued that the charges against them were fatally flawed, as Japanese penal code does not make it a criminal offence to help someone “bail jump” or escape unless that person is in custody.

 

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