US EditionLebanon Agrees Bail for Ex-Central Bank Chief: Judicial Officials
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Riad Salamé is said to have stolen more than 300 billion euros from the Lebanese Central Bank, the country is suffering from a massive financial crisis. Now he could be released from custody by bail.
Lebanon agrees bail for ex-central bank chief: officials
Lebanon's judiciary agreed Tuesday to the release on bail of more than $20 million of former central bank governor Riad Salameh, detained for nearly a year on embezzlement charges, judicial officials said. Salameh, 75, who headed the central bank for three decades, faces numerous accusations including embezzlement, money laundering and tax evasion in separate probes in Lebanon and abroad. He is widely viewed as a key culprit in Lebanon's economi…
On Tuesday, Lebanese justice decided to release the former governor of the Central Bank, Riad Salamé, accused of corruption, on a large bond of more than $20 million, said a judicial source to the AFP. ...
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