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        <title><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn’s son sent $500K in bitcoin to American in escape effort: feds]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Carlos Ghosn&#8217;s son sent about $500,000 in bitcoin earlier this year to one of the Americans accused of helping the ex-Nissan CEO flee house arrest, according to the feds.</p><p>Anthony Ghosn made the cryptocurrency payments over about four months to Peter Taylor after he and his father — former Green Beret Michael Taylor — <strong>allegedly ferried Carlos Ghosn</strong> from Tokyo, where he was facing criminal charges, to Lebanon where he is from, federal prosecutors said in a Wednesday court filing.</p><p>The feds cited the money as evidence that the Taylors should remain behind bars while they await extradition to Japan over their alleged role in the escape, given that they &#8220;now have access to Ghosn’s vast resources with which to flee.&#8221;</p><p>Anthony Ghosn sent the first payment on Jan. 21, less than a month after the Taylors allegedly carried out the complex caper, which captured attention worldwide, according to records the feds obtained from Coinbase, a digital currency exchange. The last payment worth more than $100,000 arrived on May 15 — five days before <strong>the father-son duo was arrested</strong>, the records show.</p><p>Carlos Ghosn himself <strong>wired nearly $900,000</strong> to a company controlled by Peter Taylor leading up to the escape operation last year, prosecutors alleged earlier this month.</p><p>Prosecutors detailed the bitcoin payments in response to a lawsuit the Taylors filed asking a judge to release them from jail while Japan tries to extradite them on allegations that they helped Carlos Ghosn skip bail while he was awaiting trial on financial-crime charges. Ghosn, 66, has denied the criminal allegations and said he fled “persecution.”</p><p>In arguing against the Taylors&#8217; release, the feds said they own a home and have been expanding their business in Lebanon, where Ghosn has been camped out since December. Lebanon does not have an extradition treaty with Japan.</p><p>&#8220;Petitioners can remain comfortably in Lebanon for an indefinite period of time to avoid the justice systems of Japan and the United States,&#8221; prosecutors said in the filing.</p><p>Attorneys for the Taylors did not immediately comment Friday. A hearing in their lawsuit is scheduled for Tuesday morning.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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