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☆ Lebanon's veteran central bank chief leaves post with legacy in shreds
  + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Maya Gebeily Laila Bassam | Maya Gebeily | Laila Bassam | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
CENTRAL BANK 'SHATTERED'It has marked a dramatic reversal for a man once seen as a possible president. After taking the helm of the central bank, Salameh built a reputation as a competent steward of the financial system. The central bank, known as Banque du Liban (BDL), has always said the operations were legal. Defending his record on Wednesday, Salameh said the central bank had contributed to "establishing economic stability and development" during 27 years of his tenure. "Neither directly nor indirectly did any money from the Central Bank go to Forry," Salameh said in Wednesday's interview.
Persons: Riad Salameh, Salameh, LBCI, Nasser Saidi, Raja, Salameh's, Marianne Howayek, Howayek, Friederike Heine, Tom Perry, Toby Chopra Organizations: Reuters, Banque du Liban, Forry Associates, Central Bank, Thomson Locations: BEIRUT, Lebanese, Lebanon, Banque, Salameh, France, Germany
☆ European investigators to revisit Lebanon in central banker fraud case
  + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
BEIRUT, April 5 (Reuters) - European investigators will return to Beirut in April to question two key people who have been charged in Lebanon in a case involving alleged fraud by Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh, two sources with direct knowledge of the probe told Reuters. Lebanon and at least five European countries are investigating whether Salameh and his brother Raja Salameh took more than $300 million from the central bank between 2002 and 2015. The three have been charged in Lebanon with embezzlement, illicit enrichment and money laundering in two separate cases but have not been detained. The European investigators are due to arrive in Beirut on April 24. The governor enjoyed strong backing from Lebanese elites in his three decades as central bank chief, during which the central bank financed a state rife with corruption and enforced policies that earned commercial banks massive profits.
☆ Lebanon judge sets March 15 hearing for central bank chief in graft probe
  + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
BEIRUT, March 6 (Reuters) - A Lebanese investigative judge has scheduled a March 15 hearing for Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh as part of a cross-border corruption probe into Salameh and close associates, a judicial source said. Judge Charbel Abu Samra took over the case late last month after another judge charged Salameh with embezzlement, illicit enrichment and money laundering. The charges against Salameh are the product of an 18-month probe into whether Salameh and his brother, Raja, embezzled more than $300 million from the Central Bank between 2002 and 2015. Salameh, central bank governor since 1993, still enjoys backing from powerful Lebanese leaders. He was charged last year over illicit enrichment in a case related to the purchase and rental of Paris apartments, including some to Lebanon's central bank.
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