BEIRUT: Financial Prosecutor Judge Ali Ibrahim filed charges of embezzlement of public funds and bribery against a police officer and the owner of a fuel company for overcharging the government for diesel.
The National News Agency said Friday that Al-Sahraa Petroleum Company’s owner and an officer from the Internal Security Forces were accused of overbilling the ISF directorate and Rafik Hariri University Hospital for supplying diesel.
Health Minister Wael Abu Faour had filed a complaint with the financial prosecutor earlier this week, asking him to investigate the wider files related to the fuel company, which is owned by Hussein Halloum.
In addition to Rafik Hariri University Hospital, six other public health facilities were allegedly short-changed as well, including in Nabatieh, Rashaya al-Wadi, Sidon, Bint Jbeil, Meis al-Jabal, Baalbek and Western Shahar.
Abu Faour ordered the hospitals to stop paying the company until the judiciary made a decision on the accusations.
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