Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh answered questions from Lebanon's public prosecutor on Thursday based on a request from Swiss investigators looking into allegations of money laundering and embezzlement linked to the bank.
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BEIRUT, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Swiss authorities have opened an investigation into money transfers by Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, a Lebanese government official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Salameh denied any wrongdoing.
“Both the prime minister and the president are in the loop” on the inquiry which is also looking into Salameh’s brother and assistant, said the official who asked to remain anonymous.
The Swiss attorney general’s office said it had requested legal assistance from Lebanon in the context of a probe into “aggravated money laundering” and possible embezzlement tied to the Lebanese central bank.
BEIRUT Lebanon’s justice minister said on Tuesday she had received a request from Swiss judicial authorities to cooperate on an inquiry into money transfers…
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