The Attorney General’s Office announced yesterday that it had ordered the pretrial detention, pending investigation, of the Director of the Tripoli Tax Authority.
The Attorney General’s Office said the detention was ordered after the Anti-Corruption Prosecution at the Tripoli Court of Appeal considered the accusation against the Director of illegally obtaining a material benefit, estimated at LD 250,000 from the Tax Authority Treasury using forged cheques.
The Attorney General’s Office said the preliminary investigation revealed the validity of the acts attributed to the accused, thus, the investigator ordered his pretrial detention, pending further investigations.
The Public Prosecution’s Office said the investigation and pretrial detention comes as part of its measures to combat corruption.
