Former BDL Gorvernor Riad Salameh. (Credit: AFP)
During a hearing held on Monday, Jounieh’s sole criminal judge, Antoine Hajj, postponed until Jan. 18, 2027, the examination of a case involving a lease agreement of premises on Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The agreement was signed in 2010 between the Banque du Liban (BDL), then headed by Riad Salameh, and Eccifice, a real estate management company run by his ex-girlfriend, Anna Kosakova.The offices were intended to serve as a BDL emergency center. However, the lease reportedly resulted in the payment of several million euros in rent over the course of the agreement, which was renewed several times, most recently in 2016. Beyond the headlines Bank resolution: BDL takes advantage of government’s ambiguity The case has been before Judge Hajj since July 2025, when Acting Mount Lebanon First Investigative Judge Nicolas Mansour...
During a hearing held on Monday, Jounieh’s sole criminal judge, Antoine Hajj, postponed until Jan. 18, 2027, the examination of a case involving a lease agreement of premises on Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The agreement was signed in 2010 between the Banque du Liban (BDL), then headed by Riad Salameh, and Eccifice, a real estate management company run by his ex-girlfriend, Anna Kosakova.The offices were intended to serve as a BDL emergency center. However, the lease reportedly resulted in the payment of several million euros in rent over the course of the agreement, which was renewed several times, most recently in 2016. Beyond the headlines Bank resolution: BDL takes advantage of government’s ambiguity The case has been before Judge Hajj since July 2025, when Acting Mount Lebanon First Investigative Judge Nicolas...
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