Saudi ruler turns anti-corruption guns on former spymaster, now a Maltese exile
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A former Saudi spy chief living in exile in Toronto says the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, believes he is the source of the Central Intelligence Agency’s conclusion that the ruler ordered the assassination of Saudi dissident and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
In court documents filed Thursday, lawyers for Saad Aljabri, who held a cabinet-rank intelligence post under deposed crown prince Mohammed bin Nayef (known as MBN), denied allegations that he embezzled billions of dollars from Saudi Arabia and he is urging a Canadian court to lift a freeze on his worldwide assets.
Exiled spy chief says MBS believes he s the CIA s source on Khashoggi murder
Saad al-Jabri says Saudi crown prince suspects he s the source in the CIA s report on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi
Saad al-Jabri fled Saudi Arabia in 2017 and later sought refuge in Canada (AFP/File photo) By Published date: 19 February 2021 19:33 UTC | Last update: 1 month 1 week ago
Former Saudi spy chief Saad al-Jabri has claimed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, believes he s the source in the CIA s report on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
In court documents filed on Thursday, Jabri denied allegations that he embezzled billions of dollars and said he was the victim of a politically driven attack that was aiming to portray him as a criminal mastermind .
Published date: 28 January 2021 17:40 UTC | Last update: 1 month 3 weeks ago
Ten Saudi state-run companies filed a lawsuit in Canada against former intelligence operative Saad al-Jabri, alleging he embezzled billions of dollars in a development that deepens a battle between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the country s former spymaster.
The companies, owned by Tahakom Investments - a subsidiary of the Saudi sovereign foreign wealth fund chaired by bin Salman, also known as MBS - filed the lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court in Canada, where Jabri currently lives in exile.
The filing claims that Jabri colluded with his former boss, former Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and received $1.2bn in misappropriated funds, with bin Nayef allegedly transferring at least $55m to Jabri in illicit payments.
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