Baghdad – WAA
The Federal Integrity Commission announced today, Friday, the issuance of an in absentia ruling sentencing a former Director General of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals to six years in prison, and obligating him to pay (3) billion dinars for the value of the illicit gain and the equivalent fine.
The Commission stated, in a statement received by the (INA), that “the Central Criminal Court for Combating Corruption issued an in absentia ruling sentencing the convict (Ali Shafi Asaad), the former Director General of the General Company for Design and Implementation of Projects at the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, to six years in prison, on the grounds of inflation in his funds,” noting that “the ruling included obligating the convict to return the value of the illicit gain amounting to (1,472,000,000) dinars, and to pay a fine equivalent to that value.”
The legal department of the commission explained that “the court, after reviewing the evidence obtained in the case, including the technical report of the prevention department, and the evidence of the accused’s escape, and found it sufficient and convincing for conviction, issued its decision obligating him to pay the amount of (2,944,000,000) dinars, the value of the illicit gain and the fine,” noting that “the ruling decision was issued based on the provisions of Article (19/Second) of the Integrity and Illicit Gains Commission Law No. (30 of 2011) as amended.”
The statement added that “the ruling included issuing an arrest and search warrant against the convict, with confirmation of the seizure of his movable and immovable assets,” noting that “two previous rulings were issued to imprison the convict for seven years each, for intentionally causing damage to public funds, and wasting (304,500,000) dinars, as a result of his mismanagement of a project, and the negligence in implementing and completing projects related to demolishing and building mud schools with a capacity of (9) classrooms, distributed among the southern governorates, which were referred by direct invitation.”