News from Al-Madinah: In the new case of stealing two and a half billion dollars from the Rafidain Government Bank that rocked Iraq during the past days, the Karkh Investigation Court called a member of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives for the previous session.
In a statement released today, Wednesday, the court said it had chosen to summon a member of the House of Representatives Finance Committee for the previous legislative session on suspicion of intentionally causing damage to public finances in the so-called “steal of the century” case.
She said that the former deputy broke the law by recommending that tax trust distributions be made before the audits by the supervisory authorities were finished. He spent without your checks, she said.
The theft of tax insurance funds totaling 3. 7 trillion dinars ($2. 5 billion) dominated public discourse in Iraq.
The file of the case consisting of about 40 pages indicated that the legendary theft carried out by 5 fake companies was colluded between a large group of officials and employees of the Tax Authority and the “Rafidain Bank”, with senior officials in the state and the House of Representatives.
Dutzende high government officials have been called in to look into this situation, according to a statement made yesterday by the Supreme Judicial Council.
It is noteworthy that Iraq is ranked 157th (from 180) in the Index of Transparency International for “Perspectors of Corruption”, as it is often targeted by trials in corruption cases if they get, officials in secondary centers and young employees.
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Iraq’s “Theft of the Century”… fresh summonses for powerful individuals
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