A Bank Audi branch in Lebanon. (Credit: AFP)
According to information obtained by L’Orient-Le Jour, the Paris financial prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into suspected money laundering, aggravated breach of trust, and possible tax fraud, targeting Bank Audi France and the Richelieu group, linked to SGBL in Lebanon and banker Antoun Sehnaoui. The move follows two complaints filed in July 2025 by the Collective of Victims of Fraudulent and Criminal Practices in Lebanon (CVPFL) and the French anti-corruption NGO Sherpa.Without prejudging the merits of the allegations, “the fact that the prosecutor’s office has decided to proceed means the evidence presented was deemed sufficiently serious to justify an investigation,” a CVPFL representative said. They noted that the complainants submitted a supplementary memorandum in March to clarify the legal characterization of the...
According to information obtained by L’Orient-Le Jour, the Paris financial prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into suspected money laundering, aggravated breach of trust, and possible tax fraud, targeting Bank Audi France and the Richelieu group, linked to SGBL in Lebanon and banker Antoun Sehnaoui. The move follows two complaints filed in July 2025 by the Collective of Victims of Fraudulent and Criminal Practices in Lebanon (CVPFL) and the French anti-corruption NGO Sherpa.Without prejudging the merits of the allegations, “the fact that the prosecutor’s office has decided to proceed means the evidence presented was deemed sufficiently serious to justify an investigation,” a CVPFL representative said. They noted that the complainants submitted a supplementary memorandum in March to clarify the legal...