{
  "id": 472857,
  "title": "Lebanon indicts ex-central bank governor Salameh over new alleged financial crimes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/lebanon-indicts-ex-central-bank-governor-salameh-over-new-alleged",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-10T13:46:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/lebanon-indicts-ex-central-bank-governor-salameh-over-new-alleged-financial"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "BEIRUT, Aug 10 (Reuters) - A Lebanese judge on Monday indicted former central bank governor Riad Salameh and a former commercial banker, accusing them of financial crimes including embezzlement and illicit enrichment, a senior Lebanese judicial source told Reuters. Salameh, who headed the Lebanese Central Bank for three decades, has already been indicted and arrested in Lebanon over other alleged…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}