Libya: Three central bank employees arrested for embezzlement in Benghazi

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  1. Libya: Three central bank employees arrested for embezzlement in Benghazi
Location:
Benghazi, Libya, Maghreb
Incident Date: January 26, 2024
Instability Rating Max 5.0: 2.00
Arrests: 3
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A Libyan prosecutor has ordered the imprisonment of three officials who are accused of seizing 25 million dinars from a branch of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) in Benghazi. The Public Prosecutor’s Office investigated four people, an internal audit official, an authorized employee at the National Commercial Bank, Orouba Branch, an employee at the Central Bank of Libya, and a member of the military units. The office explained that the defendants participated in an organized group to falsify bank accounts by including numbers higher than the actual balances, and made transfers worth 25 million dinars before their matter was discovered.

 

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