Saudi state companies sue ex-spy chief in Canada over alleged $3bn fraud | Saudi Arabia | The Guardian

Saudi state companies sue ex-spy chief in Canada over alleged $3bn fraud | Saudi Arabia | The Guardian: %u201CAlthough%20the%20investigation%20is%20ongoing%2C%20it%20is%20clear%20that%20from%20at%20least%202008%20to%202017%2C%20Aljabri%20masterminded%20and%20oversaw%20a%20conspiracy%20incorporating%20at%20least%2021%20conspirators%20across%20at%20least%2013%20jurisdictions%20to%20misappropriate%u201D%20the%20funds%2C%20according%20to%20the%20lawsuit.%0A%0AHis%20supporters%20say%20the%20lawsuit%20is%20an%20attempt%20to%20distract%20from%20%u201Cthe%20brutality%u201D%20of%20Saudi%20Arabia%u2019s%20crown%20prince%2C%20Mohammed%20bin%20Salman%2C%20also%20known%20as%20MBS.%0A%0AAljabri%20last%20August%20filed%20a%20lawsuit%20in%20the%20United%20States%20alleging%20that%20MBS%20had%20sent%20a%20%u201Chit%20squad%u201D%20to%20Canada%20in%202018%20to%20try%20to%20kill%20and%20dismember%20him%20in%20the%20same%20way%20that%20Washington%20Post%20journalist%20Jamal%20Khashoggi%20was%20murdered%20in%20Istanbul%20in%20October%20that%20year.%0A%0A