By Dave Sherwood

HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba’s top prosecutor accused on Friday former economy minister Alejandro Gil and unidentified individuals of crimes ranging from espionage to bribery, in one of the largest publicly disclosed corruption scandals in decades.

Sacked by President Miguel Diaz-Canel in February 2024, Gil has not been seen or heard from publicly since. The intrigue rattled the highest ranks of Cuba’s ruling communist party and its normally hermetic politics.

On Friday, the office of Cuba’s attorney general issued a long list of charges it said were the result of a nearly two-year investigation.

“Responsibility was sought for the crimes of espionage, acts detrimental to economic activity or contracting, embezzlement, bribery …” the attorney general said in a brief statement

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