Former governor of the Bank of Lebanon, Riad Salameh. (Credit: National News Agency)
The first investigating judge of Mount Lebanon, Nicolas Mansour, has scheduled for April 3 the start of examining a file of prosecutions against the brokerage firm Optimum Invest and former governor of Banque du Liban (BDL) Riad Salameh, as well as several banks and their presidents. The investigation was initiated by former head of the appeal court Ghada Aoun before her retirement on March 1, 2025. The collective "The People Want System Reform," which positions itself as the defender of depositors and is notably represented by lawyers Hassan Bazzi and Pierre Haddad, became a civil party in September 2023. Alongside this collective, Elias Jaradeh, a protest MP, joined the procedure to seek compensation as a "citizen, depositor and responsible MP," he told L'Orient-Le Jour. The issue at hand is an amount of 8...
The first investigating judge of Mount Lebanon, Nicolas Mansour, has scheduled for April 3 the start of examining a file of prosecutions against the brokerage firm Optimum Invest and former governor of Banque du Liban (BDL) Riad Salameh, as well as several banks and their presidents. The investigation was initiated by former head of the appeal court Ghada Aoun before her retirement on March 1, 2025. The collective "The People Want System Reform," which positions itself as the defender of depositors and is notably represented by lawyers Hassan Bazzi and Pierre Haddad, became a civil party in September 2023. Alongside this collective, Elias Jaradeh, a protest MP, joined the procedure to seek compensation as a "citizen, depositor and responsible MP," he told L'Orient-Le Jour. The issue at hand is an amount of 8...