Authorities in Lebanon are investigating the case of a man who allegedly posed as a Saudi prince to extract money from Lebanese officials in exchange for acting as an intermediary with Riyadh, security sources told The National.
The suspect, widely referred to as Abu Omar or “the Fake Prince”, is accused of spending years presenting himself as a figure close to the Saudi royal court, promising political backing and access to Lebanese politicians seeking foreign support in a country where external patronage has long played a central role.
“This is a story of fraud and deception,” one security official said. “There are ongoing investigations into how the scenarios that led to this story unfolded. We do not yet know all the details and all the threads are still being uncovered, little by little.”
Security sources say the suspect is called Mustafa Al Hassan, a Lebanese citizen from the northern Akkar region, described as
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