Lebanon judge refers ex-central bank chief for trial: judicial official

A Lebanese judge on Tuesday referred former central bank governor Riad Salameh to court for trial over the alleged embezzlement of $44 million of the bank’s funds, a judicial official said.

The move came seven months after Salameh was arrested in Lebanon over the case.

Salameh, who headed the central bank for three decades, faces numerous accusations including embezzlement, money laundering and tax evasion in separate probes in crisis-hit Lebanon and abroad.

On Tuesday, the judge issued a…