Lebanese prosecutor opens probe into central bank governor and brother

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s public prosecutor has launched an investigation into central bank governor Riad Salameh, a judicial source said Friday.
The probe follows a Swiss legal request alleging that over $300 million had been embezzled from the bank through a company owned by Salameh’s brother.
The senior judicial source told Reuters the offices of Salameh’s younger brother Raja had been sealed off, with computers and files confiscated in the course of the investigation. The public prosecutor had no comment.