Former Saladin Governor Handed 7-Year Sentence For Illicit Enrichment
At a Glance
- Former Saladin official has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
- He was convicted by the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court on charges of illicit enrichment.
- The court ruling requires the former official to repay over 1.7 billion IQD to the state.
Former Saladin Governor Ammar Jabr Al-Jubouri has been sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison and fined 1.7 billion IQD for illicit enrichment.
Key Statements and Focus Area
- The Iraqi Federal Integrity Commission announced “an in-absentia sentence of seven years in prison for the former Governor of Salah al-Din on charges of illicit enrichment.”
- The commission added, “the verdict obligates the convict to return the value of the illicit enrichment, totaling 1,728,074,000 IQD, in accordance with Article (19/Fourth) of the Commission’s law.”
The Federal Integrity Commission announced that the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court sentenced the former governor in absentia to seven years in prison on Sunday.
According to the commission, the ruling is based on Law No. 30 of 2011 and includes a 1.7-billion-IQD fine equal to the value of his illicit enrichment.
The commission noted that the returning of money “states that if captured, the convict will not be released after serving his sentence until the value of the illicit enrichment is returned and the matching fine is paid.”
The court upheld asset freezes on the convict and his wife, while placing a precautionary freeze on their son's properties.
Furthermore, the statement highlighted that the court issued an arrest warrant for the convict under Article 19 (Second) and Article 16 (First) of the Integrity Commission Law, launching a standard search to apprehend him.
The commission also reserves the right to claim damages once the judgment is final.
FYI
The legal actions against former Saladin Governor Ammar Jabr Al-Jubouri are part of a massive, federal anti-graft campaign launched under Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi.
The initiative targets high-profile government figures, regional officials, and politically connected business networks to reclaim embezzled public funds.
In its latest efforts, Federal Integrity Commission seized nearly 9 billion IQD in cash, gold ingots, and jewelry from properties belonging to senior electricity official Khalid Ghazai Attiya.
In a separate joint operation with the Kurdistan Region, authorities recovered over $20.3 million USD, 200 million IQD, and 60 kilograms of gold linked to detained former Iraqi Deputy Oil Minister Adnan al-Jumaili.
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