KTFA: Samson: The arrest of a banker selling counterfeit currency
8th October, 2022
The anti-crime directorate arrested a banker for selling fake currency to citizens in Baghdad.
A statement by the Directorate stated, “The detachments of the Al-Habibia office, east of Baghdad, arrested the accused in flagrante delicto in a tight ambush, after investigation and information gathering, as he was intending to sell 18,500 counterfeit US dollars, to a citizen without his knowledge.”
And he added: “When conducting the investigation with the accused, he openly admitted that he had sold the counterfeit currency.” LINK
Samson: Parliamentary Integrity accuses Rafidain Bank of stealing up to one billion US dollars
8th October, 2022
Member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Representative Ahmed Taha Al-Rubaie, announced on Saturday, the existence of a theft in Al-Rafidain Governmental Bank, estimated at about one billion US dollars.
Al-Rubaie said in a press conference held today and attended by Shafak News Agency correspondent, that the answers received by the Ministry of Finance confirm that there is a theft in the revenues of trust accounts belonging to the general tax in Rafidain Bank, which exceeds (800) million dollars, and from here we confirm that no authority or the party to cover up or deny this theft in favor of the thieves of public money.
He added that the Ministry of Finance indicated that it had formed a committee to conduct an administrative investigation into the matter, and the investigation committee recommended precautionary recommendations against the former general managers, since the loss of these huge amounts from the account of the General Tax Authority was during the period of their administration and under their direct responsibility and powers.
Al-Rubaie also added, “The ministry confirmed that it is awaiting a judicial investigation, as the case is before the judiciary, which has a general mandate to protect public money.”
The parliamentarian called on government and regulatory agencies to prevent the travel of some managers and senior cadres in the Tax Authority who were changed until the end of the administrative and judicial investigation, calling on the Federal Integrity Commission to conduct the investigation as quickly as possible and refer the files to the Integrity Judge. LINK
