Lebanon's Salameh threatens to sue Bloomberg over sanctions report
Bloomberg reported on Thursday that the United States is considering sanctions on Lebanon’s central bank chief, Riad Salameh.
Lebanon’s embattled central bank chief is threatening to sue Bloomberg after the news outlet reported on Thursday that the United States was considering imposing sanctions against him.
Citing four people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that the US administration was discussing with European counterparts the possibility of coordinated sanctions on Riad Salameh, who has run the Middle East country's central bank since 1993.
"The discussion has so far focused on the possibility of freezing Salameh’s overseas assets and enacting measures that would curtail his ability to do business abroad," Bloomberg said.
Washington denied possible sanctions on Salameh, with a State Department spokesperson telling Reuters on Friday that the reports are “untrue.”
