Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government has agreed to hire a New York-based company to conduct a forensic audit of the country’s central bank accounts to determine how massive amounts of money were spent in the nation plagued by corruption. President Michel Aoun’s office says Tuesday the government chose Alvarez & Marsal for the forensic audit. Two other companies, KPMG and Oliver Wyman, will be contracted to do traditional accounting audits of central bank accounts. Leban