EOCO to Prosecute Those Responsible for Banking Failures

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has forwarded some dossiers to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and other security agencies to start the prosecution of those found complicit in the recent banking failures. It said civil action had already been taken by the Receivers and Official Administrators of the consolidated banks against the wrongdoers … Read more

Iranian President’s Brother Freed On Bail

Hossein Fereydoun, the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, has been released on bail following his arrest on charges of financial crime, media reported. “The court has accepted the bail” and Fereydoun, who acts as a key adviser to Rouhani, was freed on Monday night, the ISNA news agency said. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejeie announced … Read more

Iran President’s Brother Held On Financial Crime Charges

Iran’s judiciary on Sunday announced the arrest of President Hassan Rouhani’s brother Hossein Fereydoun on financial crime charges, in a long-running feud between two of the country’s centres of power. “Multiple investigations have been conducted regarding this person, also other people have been investigated, some of whom are in jail,” deputy judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni … Read more