{"id":60926,"date":"2020-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/60926\/lebanese-central-bank-refuses-to-provide-auditors-the-requested-documents"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:22:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:22:14","slug":"lebanese-central-bank-refuses-to-provide-auditors-the-requested-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60926\/lebanese-central-bank-refuses-to-provide-auditors-the-requested-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Central Bank Refuses To Provide Auditors The Requested Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"While Lebanon\u2019s Central Bank undergoes a forensic audit to determine exactly how massive sums of money were spent and are unaccounted for, a source close to the international auditor \u201cAlvarez &#038; Marsal\u201d told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/Business\/Local\/2020\/Oct-27\/513574-bdl-declines-alvarez-marsal-request-for-documents-official.ashx\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Star<\/a> that the Central Bank has thus far refused to provide the firm with documents needed to perform a forensic audit. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lebanon\u2019s Central Bank has declined to provide Alvarez &#038; Marsal with the documents needed to undertake the forensic audit, a senior government official revealed Tuesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x25XKnuoib\">https:\/\/t.co\/x25XKnuoib<\/a><\/p>\u2014 The Daily Star Lebanon (@DailyStarLeb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyStarLeb\/status\/1321076210013753346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The auditing firm found BDL\u2019s reaction very troubling, and is allegedly studying the possibility of terminating the contract with the government.<br \/>  <br \/>  Back in July, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/60423\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">the Lebanese government hired the firm<\/a> Alvarez &#038; Marsal to conduct a forensic audit of the Central Bank as the country continued to grapple with a financial meltdown.<br \/>  <br \/>  How is Salameh going to defend this one?","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Lebanon\u2019s Central Bank undergoes a forensic audit to determine exactly how massive sums of money were spent and are unaccounted for, a source close to the international auditor \u201cAlvarez &#038; Marsal\u201d told The Daily Star that the Central Bank has thus far refused to provide the firm with documents needed to perform a forensic 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