Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz will appear in a Geneva court next month to defend himself against corruption and forgery charges in connection with mining contracts in Guinea.
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Steinmetz was indicted in 2019 by a Geneva prosecutor who accused him and two aides of paying or having $10 million in bribes paid to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte for mining licenses between 2005 and 2010.
"Beny Steinmetz never paid a cent to Mme. Mamadie Toure. Mamadie Toure was not the wife of the president [Lansana Conte] and she is not a public agent and therefore cannot be corrupted," said Marc Bonnant, a prominent Geneva lawyer representing Steinmetz.
