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The head of the Banking Supervision Committee, Samir Hammoud, explained, in a televised interview, that “the law does not require the Banque du Liban or the Supervisory Authority to take the lead and hold depositors accountable. Rather, banks should monitor suspicious income, to report to the Special Investigation Committee to act, and on this basis. The investigation is carried out for illicit enrichment and others “.
Hammoud explained that “the problem of sanctions has begun to appear in the laws that concern Hezbollah, and in Lebanese laws, Hezbollah is resistance, but the American considers it a terrorist organization, but the Lebanese banks had to be taken into account. because their relationship would be negatively affected internationally, therefore. ” In this case, accounts in Lebanese banks are closed and the funds are not confiscated. Rather, the person interested in the Lebanese pound receives it, even if the name of the person punished is on the sanctions lists, and the person punished will not be able to open new accounts, even if there is a deposit in foreign currency. “.
And he announced that he estimated “that the United States has at least 40 to 50 billion dollars in Lebanese currency in general, and that is why we are affected by US sanctions on Lebanon, which leads us to close the account of the person who is subject to sanctions, to preserve Lebanese banks. ” And its relationship with foreign banks and international financial institutions, since it does not tolerate or tolerate this matter, and we are obliged to submit to these laws ”.
When asked about the procedures to which the two former ministers, Yusef Fenianos and Ali Hassan Khalil, will be subjected, after being sanctioned, the head of the Banking Supervision Committee explained that “the tendency will be to freeze accounts, until they are discussed, because there are Two charges. They are Corruption and support for terrorism, and if they are large sums subject to the possibility of money laundering, and if the sums are small, it is for his personal expense, and this is determined by the investigation, and the sanctions that were issued include your money and property, and the freeze is the lack of right to dispose of the money and property until Lebanese and US investigations prove AND if Lebanese investigations prove the money is legitimate, then the sanctioned person takes their money in national currency and you cannot open another account, but if investigations prove the money is illegal then it is confiscated.
He explained: “As for the two MPs from the Resistance Wafa Bloc, Muhammad Raad and Amin Sherri, who were previously subject to sanctions, the salary is normally paid by the Ministry of Finance, because the salary they receive is not allowed to support terrorism, according to the allegations of the authorities. American “.
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