The Attorney General’s Office announced last Tuesday (5 May) that the Anti-Corruption Prosecution, within the jurisdiction of the Tripoli Court of Appeal, investigated information related to the collection of illicit financial benefits resulting from banking operations carried out within the Al-Wahda Bank branch – Souq Al-Thulatha.
The investigator clarified the intention of the official in charge of documentary credits to execute collection documents worth US$ 2.8 million without corresponding deposit of the equivalent financial values in Libyan dinars.
Accordingly, the Public Prosecution ordered the detention of the person authorized to manage documentary credit affairs at the time of the collection fee transaction, and the representative of the company benefiting from the financial benefits obtained from the crime. It also directed the arrest and bringing in for questioning of the remaining participants in the incident.
