A judge ordered Lebanon's former central bank chief Riad Salameh to remain in detention amid a probe into alleged financial crimes committed during his tenure, including embezzlement of public funds,

A Lebanese judge has ruled that the country’s former central bank chief will remain in jail while facing charges of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from state coffers.

STORY: 'Thief! Thief!' shouts a protester as the convoy of vehicles carrying the man who led the Central Bank for decades enters a Beirut courthouse.Riad Salameh was for years celebrated as a financial wizard.

Lebanon’s former central bank governor is spending a third day in custody after being charged over corruption allegations, a case that’s shocked a population unused to the prosecution of senior officials linked to the country’s economic collapse.

Riad Salameh, once seen as an international financial wizard, is the subject of multiple inquiries and has attracted blame for the country’s economic crisis.

Lebanon's former central bank governor, Riad Salameh, was arrested in Beirut on Tuesday over alleged financial crimes linked to a brokerage company, three judicial sources said, his first arrest after years of accusations at home and abroad.

A Lebanese judge Monday issued an arrest warrant for ex-central bank chief Riad Salameh, a judicial official said, after the embattled former governor was questioned in an embezzlement case.On Tuesday last week,

A judge began interrogating Lebanon's detained former central bank governor Riad Salameh in Beirut on Monday, judicial sources said, the first hearing since he was held last week and charged with alleged financial crimes including embezzling public funds.