French prosecutors have told Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh they plan to press preliminary fraud and money laundering charges against him, partly based on allegedly forged bank statements used to conceal his wealth, according to French court documents seen by Reuters.
The accusation of using fake account statements, which had not previously been reported, is contained in documents sent to Salameh by French judicial authorities ahead of a planned hearing in France on May 16.
A lawyer for Salameh said earlier this month that his client had not yet decided if he would travel to France to attend the May 16 hearing. The document seen by Reuters contains series of bank statements which, according to one of Salameh's lawyers, show how the governor’s savings rose from $15 million in 1993 to more than $150 million by 2019 "as he capitalized interests".
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