Violations amounting to 47 billion dinars.. A former official in the Sunni Endowment was arrested

In a statement received by Alsumaria News, the authority stated that “the support team of the Supreme Commission for Combating Corruption, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, was able to implement the arrest warrant issued by the investigation judge of the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court once morest the fugitive accused,” pointing out that “the case belongs to the fugitive defendants.” Former Head of the Sunni Endowment Diwan and Assistant Director General of the Legal Department regarding the violations committed in the purchase of a hotel in the Kurdistan region that caused damage to public money.

And the department continued, “The violations in the contract concluded between the Sunni Endowment Funds Management and Investment Authority and the (sm) Tourism Investments Limited Company represented the purchase of the Diwan Hotel (Ramada) in the Kurdistan region for an amount of (47) billion Iraqi dinars and renting it to the same owner for a period of thirty years, without any benefit.” economic, which caused damage to public money.”

She added that “the accused’s statements were recorded, a fundamental record was drawn up and presented before the investigating judge of the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court, who decided to arrest him in accordance with the provisions of Article (340) of the Iraqi Penal Code No. (111 of 1969).”

The authority had previously announced the issuance of recruitment orders once morest the head of an endowment office and a number of senior officials in the office. For deliberately causing damage to the funds and interests of the entity in which they work, in addition to an order to prevent the travel of the accused and to seize their movable and immovable funds.