2023-08-20 15:23:47
August 20, 2023
Baghdad / Obelisk Al-Hadath: The Supreme Commission for Combating Corruption was able to dismantle a network consisting of officials and affiliates in the Ministries of Justice, Trade, Electricity, Interior, Defense, Construction and Housing that forged contracts issued by higher authorities in the state.
The Supreme Commission for Combating Corruption said, in its discussion of the qualitative process carried out according to judicial notes issued by the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Investigation Court, and based on the information provided by the current Minister of Commerce, in a statement received by Al-Obelisk, that it was able to dismantle a network for falsifying contracts and approvals attributed to the ministers. Specialized in selling and renting plots of land belonging to the Ministry of Commerce.
And she added that, in cooperation and coordination with the support team, she was able to implement the arrest and seizure orders issued against a judicial assistant in the Ministry of Justice who heads the network, and an account manager in the Ministry of Construction and Housing who impersonated the director of the contracts department in the ministry, and a former affiliate of the intelligence and security of the Ministry of Defense and an affiliate. in Interior Affairs and an employee in the Ministry of Electricity, in addition to bringing in the Director of the Office of the Minister of Commerce (formerly), who currently holds the position of Director General in the Ministry; For forging and signing contracts at the headquarters of one of the ministries.
And she added that the operation also resulted in seizing a set of (forged) initials and approvals attributed to being issued by the Ministries of Oil and Trade, and (forged) books attributed to being issued by the Office of the Prime Minister, in addition to seizing (forged) seals attributed to the Ministry of Commerce, pointing out that the network had deceived One of the owners of the company obtained approvals for five plots of land belonging to the Ministry of Commerce for more than (3) million US dollars, which were handed over to the head of the network according to delivery receipts seized with the priorities.
And she noted the organization of fundamental records, and their presentation, accompanied by the defendants and the seized criminal evidence, to the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Investigation Court, which decided to arrest the accused in accordance with the provisions of the amended Resolution (160 of 1983), warning that investigations are continuing to reach the rest of the network members and implement the arrest and search warrants issued against the accused. yen others.
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