Haider Hanoun, the head of the Federal Commission of Integrity (COI), said on Thursday that two people with dual citizenship from Kuwait and Iraq were arrested in Kuwait for stealing $124 million as part of the theft of the century.
In a press conference, Hanoun stated that the theft of the century—the theft of more than $2.5 billion from the General Commission for Taxes—is being investigated by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani. In October 2022, Iraq’s COI provided details regarding the theft of more than 3.7 trillion Iraqi dinars, or $2.53 billion, from the General Commission for Taxes.
In light of this significant breach and appalling misuse of public funds, senior Ministry of Finance officials were issued arrest warrants by the Iraqi judiciary.
Hanoun said before that techniques will be taken with Interpol to have Red Notification, which are solicitations to policing to find and temporarily capture an individual forthcoming removal, give up, or comparable lawful activity, distributed against previous authorities engaged with the Burglary of the 100 years.
The head of the COI said that Iraq wants to extradite those who were involved in the theft from countries like the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. He also asked the United States and the UK to hand over the suspects who are still at large.
Hanoun went on to say that the century’s greatest theft resulted in at least $77 million in compensation for each of the suspects, and that it was a serious crime with more than 48 people suspected.
An interior examination completed by the Service of Money found the cash had been removed from the record of the General Commission for Duties at a state-claimed bank.
Around then, the Iraqi Head of the state promised to handle endemic debasement in the country. ” Al-Sudani stated via Twitter that “we will not permit the robbery of Iraqis’ money.”
The Rafidain Bank confirmed in a statement that it is only accountable for cashing checks issued by the General Commission for Taxes and has no involvement in any form of manipulation or theft.
According to Rudaw News, five businesses took a sizable sum of money—equivalent to nearly 3.7 trillion Iraqi dinars—from the General Commission of Taxes account at Al-Rafidain Bank in Baghdad between September 2021 and August 2022 by cashing in 247 tax directorate checks.
On August 21, 2022, the Karkh Investigation Court made the decision to halt the distribution of General Commission for Taxes checks.
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