Diyala: Financial corruption worth two billion dinars uncovered in a government bank
Diyala: Financial corruption worth two billion dinars uncovered in a government bank
2025-05-12 06:45
Shafaq News/ The Federal Integrity Commission announced on Monday the arrest of four employees of a government bank in Diyala Governorate, on the grounds that they had illegally disbursed more than two billion dinars through a number of checks .
The Commission indicated, in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, that “the Diyala Investigation Office team, in continuation of the investigation and inquiry work in the case of embezzlement of a sum of money estimated at billions of dinars from the accounts of Diyala Governorate in one of the government banks, was able, after investigation, follow-up and auditing in Rafidain Bank / Baquba branch, to reveal that four of the bank’s treasurers and counter employees had disbursed an amount exceeding two billion dinars from the accounts of the Governorate Diwan without any priorities, in violation of the law .”
She added, “This facilitated its embezzlement by employees in the accounting department of the governorate,” noting that “the amount was disbursed according to (25) checks .”
She added, “A working team formed in the office was able to arrest the accused, record their statements, organize a formal arrest report, and present them, along with the original (25) seized checks, before the competent investigating judge, who decided to detain them in accordance with the provisions of Article (340) of the Penal Code .”
It is noteworthy that the Commission announced on the seventh of April of last year the dismantling of a network, and the arrest of five of its members working as accountants in the governorate’s office, after they embezzled more than (1.6) billion dinars from the governorate’s accounts in Rafidain Bank / Baquba branch, and the seizure of more than six hundred million dinars, gold jewelry, deeds and real estate bonds .
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