Nissan pays $15M for financial misconduct; CEO and CCO resign
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-09-24T17:26:00
Nissan will pay a $15 million civil penalty over false financial disclosures, the SEC announced. The charges come the same month the carmaker’s latest CEO resigned, along with its vice president of internal audit and chief compliance officer.
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