Nissan sacks chairman after 'financial misconduct' arrest

Carlos Ghosn's sacking throws the future of the Nissan-Renault alliance into doubt.

Carlos Ghosn

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Nissan board members voted unanimously to sack Carlos Ghosn as chairman on Thursday, a spectacular fall from grace for the once-revered boss who was stripped of the role while languishing in a Japanese jail.

Ghosn stands accused of under-reporting his income by millions of dollars and a host of other financial irregularities, alleged after a months-long internal Nissan probe following a whistleblower report.

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