NNA - Lebanese Central Bank Governor, and head of the Special Investigation Commission (SIC), Riad Salameh, on Thursday issued a statement disclosing that the SIC, which convened on January 26, 2023, in the presence of all its members, has taken a decision to freeze the financial accounts of the names mentioned below with all the banks and financial institutions operating in Lebanon:

- Hassan Ahmad Moukalled (born on February 17, 1967) 

Rani Hassan Moukalled (born on October 29, 1998) 

Rayyan Hassan Moukalled (born on October 25, 1993) 

-CTEX Exchange, a money service business owned by Hassan Moukalled

-The Lebanese Company For Information and Studies sarl

On January 24, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated several individuals and associated entities for “facilitating financial activities for Hizbollah.”

Among the designated individuals are Lebanese money exchanger Hassan Moukalled and his sons Rayyan Moukalled and Rani Moukalled. 

The Treasury also designated CTEX Exchange, a money service business owned by Hassan Moukalled. 

===========R.H.