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- Bernard Madoff - finance - Hezbollah - Lebanon
Salah Ezzedine, the Lebanese 'Madoff' ?
When a big cheque written by Salah Ezzedine, a Lebanese businessman known for his connections with Hezbollah, bounced, it prompted an investigation into a Bernard Madoff-type fraud. But in Ezzedine's hometown, people don't want to believe it.
Robert Fisk, correspondent for British daily The Independent in Beirut, explains the impact of the Salah Ezzedine scandal in Lebanon.


























