An anti-corruption group has submitted a legal complaint in France against Lebanon s central bank governor over foreign investments including property he owns worth millions of euros, Reuters report.
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A legal complaint in France accusing Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh and his associates of funnelling hundreds of millions of euros out of the country is just a small part of a much bigger scandal, activists say.
Two groups have filed statements to French prosecutors accusing the governor, members of his family and close associates of enriching themselves by using shell companies in secretive locations to buy luxury property in France.
The complaint lists nearly 20 senior Lebanese politicians and suggests that bank owners and shareholders could also be targeted in the future, according to reports of the leaked 81-page dossier.
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PARIS, May 3 (Reuters) - Non-profit organisation Sherpa and a group of lawyers have filed a legal complaint to France s financial prosecutor against Lebanese Central Bank Riad Salameh over alleged corruption and money laundering, an official at Sherpa said on Monday.
Sherpa said in a statement the legal complaint, filed on Friday, was over suspicious real estate purchases in France and that the aim was to return the property to the Lebanese people.
The complaint covers millions of euros worth of property assets in France and also targets Salameh s brothers and an associate, said Laura Rousseau, head of the illicit financial flows programme at Sherpa, in comments to Reuters.
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