KTFA: Samson: A banking expert reveals a surprise in the stolen tax trillions… and important details
10/16/2022 20:43:31
The banking expert, Abdul Rahman Al-Sheikhly, revealed, on Sunday evening, a surprise in the trillions of stolen tax, amounting to “3 trillion and 700 billion dinars.”
Al-Sheikhly told Al-Furat News that: “The process of stealing money began since 2015 by collecting from merchants and those covered by the tax a rate of between (5-10%) of the money that is dealt with, as it is deposited as trusts in the Rafidain Bank at the expense of the General Authority for Taxes and continued. It escalates until it is revealed now.”
He added, “This amount is assumed, after a year of this year has passed, the tax account will be made with the individual. The value of the amount due to be paid is calculated, and therefore it will be returned to him; for this reason, large sums have accumulated since 2015 until now, so this money has become almost loose because it did not enter the final accounts and public files, but rather put in a special file {Al-Amanat}”.
Al-Sheikhly emphasized, “More than 270 instruments were issued by the General Tax Authority of the Rafidain Bank, and the money withdrew in this way.” Al-Sheikhly cleared the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance and the Rafidain Bank from the accusation, saying, “The Ministry of Finance is the one who exposed the theft, but there is complicity from several sides in the implementation of the theft of money by issuing official documents, and the Rafidain Bank is not concerned with the theft and has no responsibility.”
Al-Furat News obtained a letter issued by the Ministry of Finance addressed to the Integrity Commission regarding allegations of theft of tax deposits deposited in Al-Rafidain Bank amounting to (3.7) trillion Iraqi dinars. And the caretaker prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, ordered the opening of an investigation into the loss of the huge amount. While the Prime Minister-designate, Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani, commented on the incident and said, “We will never hesitate to take real measures to curb corruption that has so brazenly spread in the joints of the state and its institutions, and we will not allow the Iraqis’ money to be plundered, as happened with the funds of the General Authority for Taxation in the Rafidain Bank.”
Sunday, Al-Rafidain Governmental Bank distanced itself from the theft of the amount and confirmed, “It has nothing to do with any manipulation or theft that is being talked about, and that its mission was limited to disbursing the instruments of the General Tax Authority from its branches after verifying the validity of their issuance in official books between the bank.” and body.”
Al-Rafidain Bank stressed, “Not to steal any sums of money from its branches, and indicates that it is committed to the mechanisms related to the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing law, and that the whole issue is being examined by the judiciary, and that the bank continues to cooperate with the competent authorities to reveal the facts.” LINK
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Samson: Including officials.. Integrity arrests suspects red-handed for bribery in 5 governorates
17th October, 2022
The Iraqi Integrity Commission announced on Monday that a number of officials and employees had been caught red-handed in five Iraqi governorates.
In a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, the authority said that the field team of the Muthanna Investigation Office moved to the Treasury Directorate in the governorate, and was able to arrest the director of the financial department in flagrante delicto; While receiving the bribe from the service employee in the department.
She added that the staff of the Diyala Investigation Office arrested the file officer in the Baqubah Execution Directorate, while taking bribes from the auditors. in exchange for performing her functional duties,” pointing out that “the accused blackmailed the auditors and obstructed the progress of their transactions; to force them to pay bribes.
In Babil Governorate, the office team followed up and seized the Hilla municipality property registry investigator who requested a sum of money from a citizen in exchange for agreeing to rent a store owned by the Hilla Municipality Directorate, where the accused was caught red-handed while receiving the bribe.
The commission indicated that the staff of the Karbala Investigation Office, which moved to the real estate bank in the governorate, arrested an employee in the bank in flagrante delicto upon receiving the amount of four million and 500 thousand dinars from one of the auditors applying for a loan from the bank, pointing to the agreement of the accused with the auditor to receive Another amount after the approval of the loan transaction.
She explained that the staff of the Commission’s investigation office in Diwaniyah arrested an employee of the Medical Committees Division in the governorate red-handed receiving a sum of money from a citizen. In return for completing the transaction of his sister, indicating that the accused admitted to receiving the bribery amount that was seized in his possession; Transaction completion meeting.
The commission confirmed that fundamentalist seizure records were organized and presented, along with the accused, to the judges of the investigation courts specialized in integrity issues in the governorates of Muthanna, Diyala, Babil, Karbala and Diwaniyah, who decided in turn to arrest the accused in accordance with the provisions of Article 307 of the Penal Code and Resolution 160 of 1983.
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Samson: Fake factories drain public money in Iraq: another face of corruption
17th October, 2022
The Iraqi Border Ports Authority revealed the seizure of a number of fake factories, saying that their owners had obtained customs and tax exemptions in amounts amounting to billions of dinars, in one of the new corruption files being raised in the country, confirming that an investigation had been opened into the file
Corruption is one of the most dangerous files in the country, as it is often intractable to the authority of the state and the law, especially as it is linked to parties that dominate the political scene in the country, and have armed arms that threaten even state institutions
And the Iraqi Border Ports Authority said in a statement, yesterday evening, Sunday, that it “was able to seize fake factories and factories whose owners had previously obtained customs and tax exemptions in violation of the controls,” noting that “the process of controlling factories took place after obtaining a judicial decision that includes approval to move to The location of a group of alleged factories to reveal the truth of their existence
She added that “it turned out that these factories are fake, and they are small shops that do not rise to being a factory or a factory that requires granting exemptions from fees,” stressing that “this is a fraud on the state institutions specialized in granting exemptions, which bear full responsibility as a result of their lack of auditing.” Factories and factories before granting exemption books, as well as their lack of seriousness in following up on the arrival of those exempted materials to the beneficiaries
She pointed out that “the owners of these factories and factories located in Basra Governorate have used the materials that were exempted from customs and tax duties for other than the purpose for which the exemptions were granted and in very large quantities, amounting to billions of dinars, which caused a waste of public money
Confirming that “a fundamentalist seizure report was organized and the method was presented before the investigation judge, who in turn issued a decision to refer the file to the Basra Integrity Investigation Directorate for investigation according to jurisdiction, and under the supervision of the integrity judge in the province to hold accountable all those associated with these suspicious acts targeting the Iraqi economy in the core. The owners of factories and factories obtain some customs and tax exemptions, in a step adopted in the country to encourage investment in the private sector and local production
This is taking place at a time when the Iraqi authorities announced, today, Sunday, the start of an investigation into the case of theft of 3 trillion and 700 billion Iraqi dinars; The equivalent of $2.5 billion from the state treasury, hours after Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar, who had submitted a request to be relieved earlier from the position of acting finance minister, admitted that the money was stolen from the state-run Rafidain Bank, which is tax revenue money
The rampant corruption in the country has dragged it into serious economic and financial crises from which it is not easy to get out, which included all aspects of life such as electricity, water, the health system, job opportunities, and others LINK
