An Algerian court on Tuesday arrested the richest businessman in the country, and was pleased with the imprisonment of Harrach in the capital, hours after being investigated for corruption.

Rabrab was arrested on Monday on charges of "falsifying the movement of capital from and to abroad and inflating invoices for the importation of equipment and the importation of used equipment, despite the benefit of tax and banking tax concessions." He was also interrogated at the Sidi Amhamed court in the capital.

The largest private company in the field of food, agro-industries and electronics, the largest man in Algeria, has a wealth of $ 3.8 billion, according to an American ranking of the world's wealthiest people for January.