The Attorney General’s Office reported yesterday that the Public Prosecutor’s Office filed criminal charges against an employee of the Jumhuriya Bank, Al-Qadisiya branch, for embezzling approximately 8.256 million dinars from the bank’s funds.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office also charged an accomplice who conspired with the embezzler to forge official documents, as well as four employees who neglected their duties, enabling others to complete the embezzlement.
The Attorney General’s Office reported that he Tripoli Court of Appeal, in its final session, sentenced the first defendant to seven years imprisonment, ordering him to repay the embezzled amount and pay a fine of approximately 16,521,000 dinars. He was also deprived of his civil rights for the duration of his sentence and for one year thereafter. The court also sentenced the accomplice in the forgery to one year imprisonment and the four other defendants for negligence to one year imprisonment, suspended.
