The Attorney General’s Office reported Friday that the Tripoli Court of Appeal issued a ruling to imprison 4 former officials in the Sahara Bank – Omar Al-Mukhtar branch.
Two of the convicted were sentenced for four years and two for three years.
The perpetrators, who had access to the bank branch’s customer accounts system, intended to embezzle LD 2.3 million by adopting banking operations conducted on customers’ accounts
This involved cash withdrawals using bank instrument numbers not included in the bank’s system and making internal bank transfers without a request from the managers of accounts opened by the bank.
The convicts were also fined twice the embezzled amount. They were required to return the proceeds of the crime.
