The Office of the Attorney General announced that the Anti-Corruption Prosecution within the jurisdiction of the Tobruk Appeal Court circuit ordered the detention of the director of Wahda Bank, the Tobruk branch, on charges of appropriating an amount of 630,000 dinars, in addition to instructing the law enforcement authorities to arrest and bring the official in charge of the bank’s branch management.

Yesterday, Saturday, the Office of the Attorney General stated that the Anti-Corruption Prosecution within the jurisdiction of the Tobruk Appeal Court had received a report that contained evidence that an employee of the bank branch had attempted to commit the act of appropriating the sums of money resulting from the implementation of the customs tariff, and after opening an investigation in the case, the will of the branch official was proven towards the seizure of 630 thousand dinars.

After proving the act, the investigator decided to take a number of precautionary measures, including ordering the detention of the bank branch manager pending the case. And directing the control authorities to seize and bring the person in charge of managing the bank’s area branches. Then the investigator decided to refer the case to the judiciary in the presence of the present defendant.