Monrovia – Criminal Court ‘C’ Judge Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay has acquitted former officials of the Central Bank of Liberia of criminal charges leveled against them by the State. Judge Gbeisay cleared the CBL former officials of criminal charges of Economic Sabotage and Criminal Conspiracy, among others on Tuesday, August 24. In his ruling, Judge Gbeisay said the prosecution did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt the allegations that were contained in the indictment. Judge Gbeisay added that the CBL letter (Press Release) account for the amount prosecution claimed to have been missing. Judge Gbeisay said the actual number of banknotes printed and sent to Liberia was L$15, 506 billion plus.

Source: Front Page Africa August 26, 2020 00:00 UTC