A Lebanese judge overseeing a local case against central bank chief Riad Salameh has rejected a set of defence arguments presented by his lawyers, clearing the way for a June 15 hearing, a senior judicial source told Reuters on Thursday.
A Lebanese judge overseeing a local case against central bank chief Riad Salameh has rejected a set of defense arguments presented by his lawyers, clearing the way for a June 15 hearing, a senior judicial source told Reuters on Thursday. Salameh, his assistant Marianne Hoayek and his brother Raja are being investigated in Lebanon and at least five European countries on suspicion they may have taken more than $300 million from the central bank, to the detriment of the Lebanese state.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese judge overseeing a local case against central bank chief Riad Salameh has rejected a set of defence arguments presented by his lawyers, clearing the way for a June 15 hearing, a senior judicial source told Reuters on Thursday. | May. 18