The investigating authority ordered the pretrial detention of the director of the Documentary Credits Department and his deputy at the Libyan Foreign Bank, pending investigation, after completing inquiries into actions they committed during 2017.
The Public Prosecution Office stated that the investigation covered the department’s compliance with the analysis of the financial transaction requirements concerning the bank’s pledge to pay the sum of thirty-two million, four hundred and twenty-one thousand euros to the Housing and Utilities Authority, in accordance with the order from the contracted executing entity.
The investigations led to identifying the elements of damage to public funds and clarifying the responsibility of the director and his deputy, before the investigator questioned them and issued an order for their pretrial detention until the investigation is completed.