Algeria's richest man, Issad Rebrab, is free to walk away after the court sentenced him to 6 months served on tax, banking and customs offences, less than the 8 months he had already spent in detention. – EPA pic, January 1, 2020.
ALGERIA’S richest man Issad Rebrab walked free on time served early today after a court sentenced him to six months for tax, banking and customs offences. Prosecutors had sought a one-year prison sentence for the 74-year-old head of Algeria’s biggest privately owned conglomerate Cevital, who was one of several tycoons arrested in April as part of a sweeping corruption investigation.
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