The Deputy Minister of Electricity was sentenced to 7 years in prison and ordered to pay 37 billion dinars.
The Deputy Minister of Electricity was sentenced to 7 years in prison and ordered to pay 37 billion dinars.
2026-11-15
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The Federal Integrity Commission announced on Sunday that a judgment was issued in absentia imposing a seven-year prison sentence on the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity for Transport and Distribution Affairs for committing the crime of illicit enrichment, noting that the convicted person is obligated to return the value of the illicit enrichment, in addition to a financial fine equivalent to its value, explaining that the total amount of the amounts ordered to be returned and the fine amounted to 37 billion dinars.
The commission said that the ruling was issued against Undersecretary Khaled Ghazi Attia Mutlaq Al-Ma’adidi, obligating him to return the value of the illicit gains amounting to 8 billion, 242 million dinars, 678 thousand, and 6 million dollars, 686 thousand, 292, with the imposition of a financial penalty equivalent to the value of the illicit gains.
She added that the court issued another ruling against the convicted person, sentencing him to three years of severe imprisonment for the crime of concealment, and applying the most severe penalty, noting that the court decided to uphold the seizure of his movable and immovable assets, and to give the authority the right to claim compensation for damages, after the ruling becomes final.
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