2023-09-30 06:10:00
Ms. Jerary was the subject of an administrative hearing in Tripoli following being suspended from her post over corruption allegations. According to the investigation, hundreds of thousands of euros were paid to his son’s company, AAAgar Trade. Ms. Jerary and her son deny any wrongdoing, asserting that the funds were not embezzled but allocated to a very real contract.
Some of these transfers led to the opening of a legal investigation. It concerns a transfer of 231,000 euros from an account of the Belgian embassy to a Belgian company in Liedekerke, with the aim of sending 220,500 euros to the German company AAAgar Trade for the purchase of MRI machines. The money did not arrive at its destination, raising suspicions of misappropriation of funds to the detriment of the embassy. The Belgian prosecutor’s office froze the company’s accounts, but only recovered 118,000 euros. Other transfers, totaling 319,000 euros, were made directly to the son’s German company for the purchase of medical equipment.
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The Hal-Vilvoorde public prosecutor’s office confirms the existence of the file for suspicion of fraud (or theft) once morest the Liedekerke company, but did not wish to make any comment “in the interest of the investigation ”. MB, the boss of the suspected company, was interviewed by the police in the spring. He did not respond to an email from the Belgian daily.
Amel Jerary and her son “firmly deny having committed any reprehensible act whatsoever, and in particular an alleged embezzlement of Libyan public funds”, declares their lawyer, M e Olivia Venet.
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