The Iraqi Federal Integrity Commission announced today, Friday, the arrest of an official in Maysan who embezzled 10 billion dinars. The Commission's media and governmental communication office stated in a press release that a team from the Commission's investigative office in Maysan executed an arrest warrant against the Deputy Director of the International Development Bank - Maysan Branch, along with two employees working as "cashiers" in the branch. This was due to their withdrawal of 3,385,000,000 (three billion) Iraqi dinars from the bank's secure safe, as well as the seizure of the bank's surveillance camera disk.
The statement added that the accused committed the crime of embezzlement in collusion with the branch manager of the International Development Bank in Maysan, specifying that they handed over the embezzled amount to unidentified individuals using two cars, without the knowledge and consent of the main bank in Baghdad, which requested their legal representative to file a complaint against them.
It was further noted that a formal report was prepared regarding the operation and presented along with the accused to the pertinent investigating judge, who decided to detain them pending investigation based on Article 315 of the Penal Code.
In a related context, the office indicated that the Maysan Investigative Office formed a work team to investigate information received regarding the branch manager of the International Development Bank in Maysan embezzling an amount of 677,010,000 Iraqi dinars from the bank in collaboration with a cashier employee.
It clarified that the team, after conducting investigations, seized records related to the case, and prepared a formal report which was presented to the pertinent investigating judge, who issued an arrest and investigation order against the branch manager and the cashier employee, under Article 315 of the Penal Code.
The office also highlighted that the team conducted a third operation at the Maysan Investment Authority, seizing the dispatch orders related to the Director of the Administration Department. A report from the Ministry of Finance indicated the invalidity of the seals and signatures on those orders. After obtaining a judicial decision, the team executed an arrest warrant issued against the department director under Article 316 of the Penal Code, noting that the investigating judge decided to detain him pending investigation.
