BEIRUT: A
Lebanese man was arrested by Interpol in Ghana for attempting to
defraud a bank of around $4.4 million, according to a Ghanaian
newspaper.
The Daily Guide newspaper reported Friday that Ahmad Ali
Ibrahim, 54, fled to Lebanon from Ghana, abandoning a rental car at the
airport, as soon as he heard of the arrest of his fellow suspect Najib
Arnaout, who is also Lebanese.
Ibrahim, who is the chief executive
officer of Rah-Latraco, a company which exports charcoal from Ghana to
Lebanon, according to the newspaper, was subsequently arrested after he
attempted to regain entry to the African country.
The two men were
charged with attempting to defraud a bank by forging payments from three
companies for a total of $4.4 million, money that was transferred into
three separate bank accounts opened by the suspects.