‘Israeli Billionaire To Face Corruption Charges In Geneva’
December 7, 2020
3:15 am
An Israeli billionaire, Beny Steinmetz is to appear in a Geneva court in early January to defend himself against corruption and forgery charges in connection with mining contracts in Guinea Reuters reported.
Steinmetz, an Israel business man with portfolio in real estate and diamond mining was indicted in August 2019 by a Geneva prosecutor who accused him and two aides of paying or having $10 million in bribes paid to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte for mining licences between 2005 and 2010.
Marc Bonnant, a prominent Geneva lawyer representing Steinmetz, why speaking to Reuters on …
