At a Glance 

• The husband of Saladin’s Deputy Real Estate Registrar was arrested after a raid on her Tikrit home.
• Investigators uncovered original deeds and purchase contracts spanning Saladin, Baghdad, and Diyala.
• The husband admitted that 27 properties were falsely registered under his name using bribe money.
• Officials seized cash, gold, property registers, and an official barcode scanner stolen from the local directorate.

The Iraqi Federal Integrity Commission has arrested the husband of Saladin's detained Deputy Real Estate Registrar after a raid on her Tikrit home uncovered deeds for 95 illegally amassed properties and official equipment hidden inside the residence.

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Key Statement and Focus Area

• The Integrity Commission said the arrest of the person followed “money laundering suspicions and the concealment of dozens of properties registered under his name, relatives, and brokers.”
• “Following a raid and search of her residence in Tikrit, the Commission noted that the husband confessed that approximately 27 properties were falsely registered under his name, while others were placed under the names of relatives and transaction brokers,” the Commission clarified.

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In a statement issued on Saturday, the Commission confirmed that an investigative team executed a judicial warrant against the detained suspect's husband as part of a parallel financial probe into her illicit enrichment and unexplained wealth.

According to the Commission, he confessed that his wife is the actual owner of the properties, admitting they were purchased using funds amassed through bribery and abuse of office.

The Commission added that the home search uncovered original deeds, records, and contracts for roughly 95 properties across Saladin, Baghdad, and Diyala.

Preliminary probes show assets were registered under relatives and brokers to hide ownership and evade legal accountability, circumventing the suspect's mandatory financial disclosure.

The Commission further stated that seized items included property registers, 31 blank-thumbprinted transaction forms, cash in Iraqi Dinars and US Dollars, gold jewelry, and legal documents, alongside a modern vehicle and four computers—including an official barcode scanner stolen from the local directorate.

The Commission also filed a formal seizure report to the Saladin Investigation Court, where the judge ordered the husband's detention under Article 36 of the 2015 Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Law.

FYI

The raid on the Saladin Deputy Real Estate Registrar's residence is part of a sweeping, aggressive anti-graft crackdown. Initiated by Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi, the campaign began with dramatic elite special forces raids inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. 

Since its launch, counter-terrorism and intelligence forces have executed a massive sweep, arresting dozens of high-ranking political figures, including sitting and former lawmakers, deputy ministers, and key economic figures. 

Furthermore, on August 27, details emerged that authorities are conducting massive financial tracing audits on the assets of nearly 6,000 individuals—including business executives, state contractors, and property dealers—aiming to recover up to $5 billion in stolen state funds. 

These residential raids have regularly uncovered tens of millions of dollars in cash, vehicles, and bullion hidden in officials' residences, which includes a recent high-profile seizure at the home of the detained deputy electricity minister.

The Saladin real estate case directly aligns with a new front opened by the government specifically targeting institutional land fraud, real estate manipulation, and deed forgery. 

Yesterday, the National Security Service successfully dismantled an extensive land-fraud syndicate. 

This targeted operation resulted in the arrest of 61 suspects, including local government employees, lawyers, and real-estate brokers, for manipulating official property records in Al-Muthanna province.

Saladin province has become a primary anti-graft focal point following the recent arrests of former governors Ahmed al-Jubouri and Raed al-Jubouri for multi-billion dinar embezzlement.

Additionally, the crackdown led to a 1.7 billion IQD fine against former governor Ammar Jabr al-Jubouri and the arrest of 21 individuals operating illegal oil-tanker lots in Baiji.

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