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S E C R E T
SUBJECT: NIDAL CHAZI KARAMEH aka: MOFID
DOB: xxxxxxxxx
Passport: Nigeria xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Origin: Syria
Nationalized: Nigeria, Lebanon
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Subject reported as business associate, facilitator, and political supporter of group of two Lebanese businessmen and a member of Lebanon’s Parliament, all (OFAC) designated SDN (U.S. Treasury Sanctioned)
CHS XNXNXNXNXNXNX reports the Subject is an active business associate and facilitator of Lebanese nationals Dany Khoury and Jihad al-Arab as well as a loyal but covert political (financial) supporter of Jamil Sayyed.
Jihad al-Arab (al-Arab) is a wealthy businessman being designated pursuant to E.O. 13441 for contributing to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon. Because of close political connections, al-Arab has been awarded multiple public contracts in exchange for kickback payments to government officials. In 2018, when al-Arab’s company won an $18 million dollar contract for the rehabilitation of a bridge in Beirut, concerns from municipal officials about the cost of the project and safety-related issues were quickly overruled, almost certainly as a result of al-Arab’s relationship with powerful politicians. In 2016, al-Arab received a $288 million contract from the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) to build a landfill after garbage clogged the streets of Beirut, but as of 2019, the garbage situation remained urgent. Reporting later revealed that al-Arab’s company added water to garbage containers to inflate their billable weight. Al-Arab served as an intermediary as of 2014 to broker a meeting between top Lebanese officials in advance of the Lebanese presidential election, in exchange for two government contracts valued at approximately $200 million.
Dany Khoury (Khoury) is a wealthy businessman being designated pursuant to E.O. 13441 for contributing to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon. Khoury is a close business associate of U.S.-designated Gibran Bassil (Bassil). Because of his close relationship with Bassil, Khoury has been the recipient of large public contracts that have reaped him millions of dollars while failing to meaningfully fulfil the terms of those contracts. In 2016, Khoury was the recipient of a contract worth $142 million from the CDR to operate the Bourj Hammoud landfill. Khoury and his company have been accused of dumping toxic waste and refuse into the Mediterranean Sea, poisoning fisheries, and polluting Lebanon’s beaches, all while failing to remedy the garbage crisis.
Jamil Sayyed (Sayyed) is a sitting Member of Lebanon’s Parliament being designated pursuant to E.O. 13441 for contributing to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon. As of 2021, Sayyed sought to skirt domestic banking policies and regulations and was aided by a senior government official in transferring over $120 million to overseas investments, presumably to enrich himself and his associates. During the 2019 protests, when demonstrators protested outside his home demanding his resignation and calling him corrupt, Sayyed called on officials to shoot and kill the protesters.
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