Lebanon charges ex-central bank governor Salameh over alleged $44.8 million embezzlement


FILE PHOTO: Longtime chief of Lebanon's Central Bank Riad Salameh, poses as he leaves office after a 30-year tenure, at Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon July 31, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/ File Photo

BEIRUT, Jan 13 (Reuters) - ‌Lebanese prosecutors have indicted former central bank governor Riad Salameh and ‌two lawyers on charges including embezzlement of public funds, forgery and illicit ‌enrichment, judicial authorities said on Tuesday.

Salameh, who headed the Lebanese Central Bank for three decades, was detained for about 13 months over alleged financial crimes committed during his tenure and was released ‍in September after paying record bail of more ‍than $14 million. He remains in Lebanon ‌and is subject to a travel ban.

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