Tokyo high court upholds suspended sentence for ex-Nissan exec Kelly

Ghosn aid remains only Nissan exec to face trial over remuneration misconduct

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Greg Kelly, a former executive of Nissan Motor, walks into the Tokyo District Court in 2022. The Tokyo High Court upheld the lower court ruling on Tuesday.  © Reuters

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that gave former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly a suspended sentence for his role in the underreporting of former CEO Carlos Ghosn's remuneration, acknowledging only partial guilt.

The high court sentenced Kelly, a close aide to Ghosn, to six months in prison, suspended for three years, over the falsification of a financial report for fiscal 2017 but acquitted him of charges related to statements from the previous seven years, affirming the Tokyo District Court's March 2022 ruling.

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