Rana Abdel-Rahim Koleilat

Rana Abdel-Rahim Koleilat (Arabic: رنا عبد الرحيم قليلات, born January 23, 1967) is a Lebanese Sunni which she allegedly stole $3 billion, but her whereabouts today are unknown.

Biography She born on January 23, 1967 in the Ras-El-Nabeh neighborhood in the heart of Beirut.

She joined Al-Madina Bank as a clerk in 1985, before becoming an executive of Ibrahim Abou Ayyash, the brother of Chairman Adnan Abou Ayyash.

Al-Madina bank Scandal

Al-Madina bank collapse Rana Koleilat has been accused of leading the biggest Lebanese banking scandal in history, involving the waste of more than $1.2 billion.

Apparently having started as early as November 1999, Koleilat is alleged to have carried out a series of forgeries aimed at transferring funds to fake accounts controlled by herself and her associates within the bank. During the period of December 2002 til February 2003, she would have made more than 400 cheques issued in her name and in the names of her accomplices, drawn on her account for a total amount of approximately $150 million. This resulted in a liquidity crisis and caused the bank to collapse.

The bankruptcy of the bank seems a chapter of the conspiracy Rana orchestrated it to cause its liquidation to remove all clues related to its theft and money laundering crimes. Adnan Abu Ayyash then jeopardized all its remaining resources to pull the bank's crisis and avoid its collapse. This was the only option, necessary to guarantee the repayment of the depositors' money.

Up to March 2003, Ayyash personally paid $470 million to the Central Bank of Lebanon and sold a large part of his real-estate assets (land, buildings, etc.) to the Central Bank avoid the bank's collapse, which was not enough to stem the collapse of Bank. .

A lawsuit brought by Dr Ayyash in Manhattan Federal Court alleges that Koleilat would have laundered money for Saddam Hussein and helped finance the organization of "Al-Shaheed", a front organization for Hezbollah, with approximately $3.5 million.

First arrest Rana was arrested at the end of 2003, then released on bail in December 2004, which made the front pages of Beirut newspapers, Many Lebanese believe that Syria and its allies in Lebanon may have played a role in the assassination of the Primer Minister, who had tried to reduce the influence of Syria and 20 other people.

Second arrest Koleilat, aged 39, was arrested in 2006 in São Paulo, after an anonymous denunciation. She offered a bribe of $94,000 to the Brazilian police. Her lawyer claims that it was a misunderstanding caused by Portuguese language, poorly controlled by Koleilat.

When arrested, she was carrying a British passport, identifying her as Rana Klailat. Her fleet of 380 cars and 33 luxury yachts of Ayash Abou and Koleilat was confiscated.

At the same time, the São Paulo judge is said to have rejected requests for bail made by Rana's defenders in connection with the São Paulo police corruption charge.

The Central Bank, which works to protect depositors' money, has reportedly accepted the postponement of the interrogation, after Rana Koleilat agreed to pay a sum of $5 million every two weeks to cover part of the debts of the bank.