The arrest of a famous artist linked to the Governor of the Banque du Liban

Today, Friday, actress Stephanie Saliba was arrested in pending investigation, after being questioned in a money laundering and illegal enrichment dossier linked to the governor of the central bank, Riad Salameh.

And the Lebanese National News Agency reported: “The Finance Advocate General, Judge Iman Abdullah, suspended the actress, Stephanie Saliba, based on the direction of the Finance Prosecutor, Judge Ali Ibrahim, after hearing her “.

Refer it to the Financial Crimes Bureau

“Saliba has been referred to the Financial Crimes Bureau to expand the investigation, and will decide in then leave her or keep her under arrest,” a judicial source who declined to be named told AFP.

Saliba’s interrogation is part of the investigations conducted by the Mount Lebanon prosecutor, Judge Ghada Aoun, since April, after Salameh and her brother were charged with the crime of “illicit enrichment and money laundering”.

Extravagant gifts

And i media locals talk about Saliba receiving exorbitant gifts from the governor of the Central Bank.

Another judicial source familiar with the contents of Salama’s case said: “The investigation did not reveal that he transferred money to Saliba, which means that the hypothesis of money laundering is not solid”, given that “the gifts he received, whether it is a house or a jeweler’s, does not mean that it is a money laundering operation.”

Security forces implemented the contents of a search and investigation warrant against Saliba, which arrived at Beirut airport from abroad on Wednesday evening.

No comment

In response to a question from France Presse, his office declined to comment, explaining: “We currently have no comments.”

Saliba, 35, started her acting career in 2016 and quickly gained fame in the Arab world after her participation in several series, in especially “Metal Al-Qamar” and “A Minute of Silence”, the latest of which is “The Challenge ”.

Ukrainian woman close to Salameh

Saliba’s arrest came less than two weeks after Paris charged a Ukrainian woman close to Salameh with ‘forming a criminal organization’, ‘organized money laundering’ and ‘serious tax fraud money laundering’, according to a source French judiciary.

Charges were brought against her as part of an investigation into Salama’s wealth in France, which is suspected of having collected by fraud, according to the same source.

Interestingly, Salameh faces many complaints against him in many countries, but despite the citation and travel ban issued against him in Lebanon is still in the position he has held since 1993, making him one of the longest serving central bank rulers in the world.

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