Integrity announces the return of 1.4 billion dinars to the Najaf Reconstruction Authority

In a statement received by Alsumaria News, the Commission’s Investigation Department stated that “the investigative body’s procedures led to the return of an amount of (1,385,000,000) billion dinars to the Reconstruction Authority in Najaf,” noting that “despite the issuance of a decision by the Najaf Court of First Instance since 2018 to oblige the bank to pay The amount of the deposit to the governorate, but the bank refused to pay the amount throughout the period prior to the Najaf Investigation Office of the Integrity Commission conducting the investigation into the criminal case filed once morest the bank.

The department added, “The amount, which was returned, represents part of the deposit amounting to (6,452,157,750) billion dinars, which was deposited by the Reconstruction Authority at the United Bank for National Investment branch in the governorate, for the benefit of a Turkish contracting company, which is assigned to a 5-star hotel project.” for Najaf Governorate.

She explained that “the bank released an amount of (5,515,990,162) billion dinars for the benefit of the Turkish company without notifying the governorate and sending an account statement regarding it, despite its agreement to the governorate’s condition not to move the deposit amount, except with the approval issued by the accounting unit in the governorate and exclusively signed by the governor, noting that the Reconstruction Authority I notified the bank to stop the procedures and demanded that it return the deposit it had released.”

And the department confirmed that “despite the ratification of the Najaf First Instance Court’s decision obliging the bank to pay the amount of the deposit to the governorate, no action was taken in this regard before the Integrity Commission initiated its investigative procedures,” stressing that it “continues to follow up on the case until the bank pays the full amount.” deposit”.