BEIRUT: Beirut’s criminal court ordered Monday the release on bail of the wife of the former head of the Higher Relief Council after the couple was arrested last year over embezzlement and money laundering charges, judicial sources said.
Judge Burkan Saad approved the request to release the wife of Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Bashir on bail. Her bail was set at LL 500 million ($330,000).
In November 2013, Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim charged Bashir, his wife Raja, businessman Hussein Fawwaz and his wife, who was not identified, with illegally transferring public money to private accounts abroad.
Media reports said Bashir had transferred an estimated $10 million in public funds to private accounts abroad. In one transaction, some $3.6 million were allegedly transferred to an account in Belarus, where his two sons reside.
Later in March, Lebanon issued arrest warrants for Bashir’s two sons on charges of embezzlement and money laundering.
Bashir’s sons – Wissam and Sami – both live in Belarus, judicial sources told The Daily Star.
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