The Tripoli-based Audit Bureau has referred one of its senior officials, Matouk Ali Matouk, to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for suspicion of corruption with a leading state entity. 

In response to the charges against him, Ali Matouk denied that he had received a bribery of millions of dollars in exchange for approval to give a loan from the Economic Development Fund to an Oil and Gas Company. This came during his statement to Libyan WTV channel.

“We received information about suspicions of corruption within this Oil and Gas Company (…) so I have frozen its bank accounts for about one and a half months, without reference to the Audit Bureau”, said Ali MAtouk.