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European team ends questioning of Lebanon Central Bank chief

Lebanese judicial officials say that a European legal team has finished two days of questioning of the country's central bank governor in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor

The Independent UK

Lebanon's Central Bank chief again charged with corruption

Officials say Lebanon's Central Bank chief has again been charged with corruption, this time after he failed to show up for questioning before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor

The Independent UK

Lebanon to quiz embattled central bank chief: judicial source

Beirut (AFP) - A Lebanese judge has summoned central bank governor Riad Salameh for questioning next week, a judicial official said Monday, as the crisis-hit country advances an embezzlement probe parallel to European investigations.

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Report: 'Embezzled' Lebanese Cash in Swiss Banks

Banks in Switzerland are holding a substantial amount of the millions of dollars Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh is accused of embezzling, Swiss media reported on Sunday. Salameh, 72, faces investigations related to suspicions of money laundering and illicit enrichment in Lebanon and abroad after he amassed a fortune…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Embezzled' Lebanese cash in Swiss banks: media report

Geneva (AFP) - Banks in Switzerland are holding a substantial amount of the millions of dollars Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh is accused of embezzling, Swiss media reported on Sunday.

AFP

Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Charged with Corruption in Final Months of Term

Beirut’s public prosecutor on Thursday charged the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, Riad Salameh, his brother and an associate with corruption, Lebanese officials said. According to two judicial officials, Beirut's Attorney General Raja Hamoush charged Salameh, his assistant Marianne Howaiyak, and his brother Raja Salameh with embezzling public funds, forgery,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New charges filed against Lebanon central bank chief

Beirut (AFP) - A Lebanese judge filed new charges on Thursday against central bank chief Riad Salameh, who already faces investigations into the fortune he amassed in a country mired in financial crisis.

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Lebanon's Central Bank governor charged with corruption

Lebanese officials say Beirut's pubic prosecutor has charged the governor of the cash-strapped country’s Central Bank, his brother and an associate with corruption

The Independent UK

Europeans to quiz Lebanon central bank chief: official

Beirut (AFP) - European investigators will question Lebanon's central bank chief Riad Salameh next month as part of a probe into his and his brother's affairs, a judicial official told AFP on Friday.

AFP

European Prosecutors Hear Lebanese Bankers in Central Bank Commission Probe

Lebanese bankers told European prosecutors they believed that commissions now at the center of a graft probe had been paid to the central bank, four sources said, while investigators suspect the cash illegally ended up with the governor's brother. Prosecutors from Germany, France and Luxembourg have been in Beirut as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

European investigators quiz Lebanese over central bank chief

Beirut (AFP) - European investigators questioned witnesses for eight hours in Beirut Tuesday as part of a probe into Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salemeh and his brother, a judicial official told AFP.

AFP

European legal team arriving in Lebanon in corruption probe

Lebanon's justice minister says a European judicial delegation from France, Germany, and Luxembourg has started to arrive in Lebanon to probe the country’s Central Bank governor and dozens of other individuals over suspected corruption

The Independent UK

French Prosecutors Name Ukrainian Suspect in Lebanese Central Bank Probe

French prosecutors said on Monday they have put a Ukrainian woman linked to the governor of Lebanon's central bank under formal investigation as part of a cross-border probe into alleged fraud to the detriment of the Lebanese state. Anna Kosakova, with whom central bank governor Riad Salameh has a daughter,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French prosecutors name Ukrainian suspect in Lebanese central bank probe

(This story has been refiled to fix a typo in paragraph 11.)

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Al Jazeera

Lebanon Central Bank workers strike after judge raids HQ

Judge Ghada Aoun was attempting to carry out an arrest warrant for the bank’s governor, Riad Salameh.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Security Forces Raid Central Bank Chief’s Home to Execute Subpoena

Lebanon's state security agency raided a house belonging to central bank Governor Riad Salameh on Tuesday night to execute a judge's subpoena, a judicial source and a security source told Reuters. The subpoena was issued in February by Judge Ghada Aoun after Salameh failed to show up for questioning as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Cenbank Governor, Brother Sue State over ‘Mistakes’ in Embezzlement Probe

Lebanon's central bank governor and his brother are suing the state over what they say were "grave mistakes" made by a public prosecutor in his investigation of whether they had embezzled public funds, according to a copy of the lawsuit. Their claim has led to concerns that the public probe…

Reuters

Lebanon judge orders seizure of properties of central bank governor’s detained brother

A Lebanese investigative judge has ordered the seizure of properties belonging to Raja Salameh, the central bank governor's brother, who was arrested last month and charged with complicity in illicit enrichment, a judicial source told Reuters.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Skips Hearing Session

Lebanon’s judiciary on Thursday adjourned until June the questioning of Central Bank governor Riad Salameh in a corruption case brought against him on March 21. A lawyer for Salameh presented a preliminary defense of his client against the charges at Thursday's hearing, Lebanon’s National News Agency said. “Mount Lebanon First…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Is Suspect in 120 Mln Euro Asset Freeze Case

Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh is a suspect in a case the European Union's criminal justice agency said on Monday had led to the freezing of some 120 million euros ($132 million) of Lebanese assets, prosecutors in Germany said. The properties and bank accounts, linked to five people suspected…

The Independent UK

EU states freeze $130 million worth of Lebanese assets

A European Union agency says authorities in three European countries have frozen more than $130 million in assets linked to an investigation into money laundering in Lebanon

Reuters

Lebanon's central bank chief is suspect in 120 million euro asset freeze case -German prosecutor

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Brother of Central Bank Chief Kept in Custody

A Lebanese judge decided Thursday to keep the brother of the country’s embattled central bank governor in custody, a week after he was first arrested on corruption allegations, state media reported. The brothers — Governor Riad Salameh and Raja Salameh — have been charged with illegal enrichment and money laundering…

The Independent UK

Lebanon to keep brother of central bank chief in custody

Lebanon is keeping the brother of the country’s embattled central bank governor in custody, days after he was arrested

Reuters

Lebanese judge keeps brother of central bank governor under arrest, judicial source says

A Lebanese judge ordered on Thursday that Raja Salameh, the brother of the central bank governor, remain under arrest after he was charged last week with complicity in illicit enrichment, a judicial source familiar with the decision said.

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