A legal expert reveals the fate of corrupt individuals’ funds registered in the names of relatives.
A legal expert reveals the fate of corrupt individuals’ funds registered in the names of relatives.
7-18-2026
Information / Baghdad…
Legal expert Ali al-Tamimi revealed on Saturday the legal procedures the judiciary takes when corrupt individuals transfer stolen funds to their relatives or family members, explaining that penalties vary depending on the individual’s knowledge of the source of those funds. Al-Tamimi told the Information Agency that “the judiciary deals with these cases according to legal procedures that fall into two categories. The first is when the person receiving the funds is aware that they are stolen. In this case, they are considered an accomplice to the theft and are subject to the same penalty as the corrupt individual.”
He added that “the second category is when the person is unaware of the source of the funds. In this case, Article (461) of the Penal Code applies, and the penalty is a misdemeanor, which differs from the case of someone who knows the funds were obtained through a crime.” Al-Tamimi clarified that “judicial rulings differ between the two cases. A person proven to have known the source is considered an accomplice to the crime, and the sentence can reach 15 years or more, while the penalty for a misdemeanor in the second case is up to five years.”
The judiciary had previously confirmed that fugitive defendants involved in the al-Jumaili case registered properties in Mosul worth 69 billion dinars in the names of their employees, with the intention of concealing the illicit source of those funds.
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