Japanese prosecutors have indicted Carlos Ghosn on another charge of aggravated breach of trust, the fourth charge against the former Nissan Motor chairman.
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His lawyers have met the indictment immediately with a bail request.
The charge came on the day Ghosn's latest detention period was set to expire.
Ghosn had been out on bail when authorities arrested him for a fourth time on April 4 on suspicion he enriched himself at a cost of $US5 million to the automaker.
"We are confident that we have the evidence to successfully prosecute all four cases," an official from the prosecutor's office said at a briefing after the indictment was announced.
Ghosn has denied all four of his charges, which include understating his income, and said he is the victim of a boardroom coup.
He has accused former colleagues of "backstabbing", describing them as selfish rivals bent on derailing a closer alliance between Nissan and its top shareholder, France's Renault SA.
The case has rocked the global auto industry while shining a harsh light on Japan's judicial system, which critics refer to as "hostage justice" as defendants who deny their charges are often not granted bail.
Under Japanese law, prosecutors are able to hold suspects for up to 22 days without charge and interrogate them without their lawyers present. In accordance with these terms, prosecutors had to indict or release him by Monday.
According to the latest indictment, Ghosn caused a total of $US5 million in losses to Nissan from July 2017 through July 2018.
During that period, prosecutors allege two separate payments of $US5 million were made from the account of a Nissan subsidiary into the account of an overseas dealership.
A total of $US5 million was subsequently transferred from the dealership's account to another account in which Ghosn had an interest.
Earlier on Monday, Nissan said it had filed a criminal complaint against the former chairman in relation to the matter, saying it had determined that some of its overseas payments had been ordered by Ghosn for his personal enrichment.
A court would likely rule on the bail request on Tuesday, Ghosn's lead lawyer, Junichiro Hironaka, told reporters.
Before Ghosn's latest arrest, he had been out on $US9 million bail for 30 days.
Australian Associated Press