Tripoli, December 31, 2025 – The Public Prosecution has ordered the detention of the manager of the Agricultural Bank branch in Az Zawiyah and the branch’s current accounts officer. They are accused of processing bank checks worth six million one hundred thousand dinars without corresponding balances in a customer’s account.
The Office of the Attorney General stated in a release that the Public Prosecution investigated the circumstances surrounding the deposit of bank checks valued at six million one hundred thousand dinars into a customer’s account at the bank branch. The investigation revealed that the branch’s acting manager, the current accounts officer, and the perpetrator of a fraud scheme conspired to process bank checks not backed by equivalent funds in the drawer’s account. They also created accounting entries that falsely showed the bank as being in debt.
The statement added that the Public Prosecution decided to detain the two suspects in custody pending investigation. It is proceeding to trace other incidents involving the forgery of accounting records resulting from the acceptance of bank checks in violation of banking regulations.
