CoI Investigation Office disclosed details of the two sentences issued by criminal court on integrity cases against the former Director General of the General Company for Engineering Attribution in the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, indicating that the convicted person caused intentional damage to public funds.
In the course of discussing sentences details issued by criminal court on integrity cases, the Office explained that the first sentence was for seven years imprisonment, based on the provisions of Article 340 of P.C for violating the terms of the contract concluded with a civil company entrusted with supplying spare parts with (1,600,000) Euros, in which he released L.C amounts in contrary to the terms of the contract, while the same court issued the second sentence to seven years imprisonment against the convict, based on the provisions of the same article above-mentioned for circulating contracts for the transfer of (iron scrap) from the site of (Tel Tasa), despite his knowledge that there are no guards at the site, which gave the opportunity to steal scrap.
The Office explained that the details of the two cases it investigated and referred to the court indicate that the convicted person deliberately caused damage to the interests of the Ministry he works for. This was corroborated by the evidence and statement of the legal representative of the Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI), who requested complaint against the convict in the first case and the testimony of witnesses and statement of the legal representative of the State Company for Steel Industries, who requested complain against the convict person in the second case, as well as the presumption of his escape from justice, which were sufficient to the court to issue the two sentences based on the provisions of article 340 P.C
The two sentences included the seizure of the movable and immovable property of the convict person with giving the affected party the right to demand compensation before civil court when the sentences became irrevocable.
