REPORT: Financial Prosecutor charges HRC chief Bashir with embezzlement, money laundering

The Financial Prosecutor charged on Wednesday Higher Relief Committee chief Ibrahim Bashir, his wife and Ali Hussein Fawaz (and spouse) with the embezzlement of public funds and money laundering.

They were all referred to Beirut First Investigative Judge Ghassan Oueidat.

This as Bashir was subject to an interrogation which took place at the Justice Palace.

On Monday, Ibrahim Bashir was arrested along with his wife on the order of acting State Prosecutor Samir Hammoud for allegedly embezzling public funds.

Bashir has denied all the allegations.

Sources told LBCI that Bashir transferred funds to a private account in a private bank which in turn notified the anti-money laundering body about the transfer.

Last week, media reports stated that Bashir transferred public funds amounting to $10 million to private accounts abroad, among which some $3.6 million transferred to an account in Belarus, where his son lives.

The HRC is a governmental institution that falls under the authority of prime minister’s office and works closely with humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR.


To watch Bassam Abou Zeid's report, please click on the VIDEO above