Baghdad – conscious
Today, Sunday, the Federal Integrity Commission confirmed that our procedures returned 1.4 billion dinars for the benefit of the Najaf Governorate Reconstruction Authority.
A statement by the Commission’s Investigation Department, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), 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 a year ago. 2018 to oblige the bank to pay the amount of the deposit to the governorate, but the bank refrained from paying the amount throughout the period preceding the start of the Najaf Investigation Office of the Integrity Commission to conduct the investigation in the criminal case filed once morest the bank.
The statement added, “The amount, which was returned, represents part of the deposit amounting to (6,452,157,750) 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 assigned to the construction project of a (5-star) hotel affiliated with it.” for the province of Najaf.
He explained that “the bank released an amount of (5,515,990,162) dinars for the benefit of the Turkish company without notifying the governorate and sending an account statement regarding that; 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,” pointing out that ” The Reconstruction Authority notified the bank to stop the procedures and demanded that it return the deposit it had released.
And he continued, “Despite the approval of the Najaf First Instance Court’s decision to oblige 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 “the commission continues to follow up on the case until the bank pays the full amount.” deposit”.
