Report: Suspected Terrorist Received $200,000 Cash Deposits

A Lebanese bank informed the private investigation authority at the Central Bank that a client suspected of involvement in terrorist activities had opened an account at one of the bank’s branches.

As Safir newspaper reported on Monday that the suspect declared that he was an electrician, but his account received cash deposits worth $200,000, followed by cash withdrawals.

The committee decided to freeze his bank accounts and raise the secrecy to the competent judicial authorities, due to the suspect’s inability to justify the money sources, which he claimed that he “borrowed from his relatives to open a bank account necessary for applying a visa.”

The result of the investigation was sent to the general prosecutor who decided to file a lawsuit against him.

The newspaper added that the suspect’s name has been put on the money laundering list that is punishable by law.