Officials say Lebanon’s former central bank governor has been detained after being questioned in several corruption cases.
FILE - Riad Salameh the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, listens to a journalist's question during a press conference, in Beirut, on Nov. 11, 2019. – Lebanon's controversial former central bank governor was detained Tuesday after being questioned in several corruption cases, according to three judicial officials., with several European countries probing his alleged financial crimes. He was blamed by many in Lebanon of being responsible for the.
Salameh was interrogated over several financial matters, including a case in which he allegedly hired a company called Optimum to manipulate financial statements and conceal Lebanon's haemorrhaging financial losses. Salameh has criticized the European investigations and said they were part of a media and political campaign make him a scapegoat.
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