French investigators will arrive in Beirut on Jan. 18 to talk with Carlos Ghosn, the previous chairman of Nissan Motor Co. and Renault, as a part of a probe into bills, in line with an official within the Lebanese judiciary and an individual near the previous auto govt.

The French crew shall be joined by Lebanon’s state prosecutor, in line with the Lebanese official, who requested to not be recognized as a result of the matter isn’t public. The French Justice Ministry and a spokesman for the Paris prosecutor didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

Ghosn was arrested in Tokyo virtually two years in the past and accused of economic misconduct. He has denied wrongdoing and escaped to Lebanon last December hidden inside a big field.

Final month, Ghosn mentioned French felony investigators would query him in 2021 as a part of a separate investigation of expenses lined by a Dutch subsidiary of Renault and Nissan. Authorities in France are trying into interactions with a automobile distributor in Oman and spending on occasions and journeys which will have been private, in addition to funds made by Renault-Nissan BV to consultants.

Ghosn has not been charged and has agreed to cooperate with the inquiries, that are on the preliminary stage, in line with the particular person near his crew, who requested to not be recognized as a result of the matter is personal. The French crew shall be in Beirut till Jan. 22, they mentioned.