Criminals Court on corruption cases issued, in presence, judgment to 7-year imprisonment against a Lebanese company`s agent, according to the provisions of the article 444-4th/ of PC for reflecting damages to the public money.

CoI Investigation Office while talking about the details of the case, which the COI investigated earlier and referred to the judiciary, reported that the culprit received the amount (18,844,039,955) billion dinars without being authorized to receive. The said amount represents the cost of the singed contracts between the company and Baghdad Municipality. The agent received the amount through coordination with Contracts Department/Baghdad Municipality, sent letter to TBI and used the authorization granted by the company to receive dues owed to company from Municipality, although the authorization granted to him does not allow him to receive the amount. The said authorization authorized him to follow –up the financial transactions.

The court reviewed the report of the External Audit Department-COI, which included the amount, 18,844,039,955 billion dinars, was released to the suspect as well as the report of BSA and the minute of administrative investigation- IG`s office in Municipality of Baghdad.

The court reviewed the statement of the legal representative of the Baghdad Municipality, who requested the complaint against the defendant for the reflecting damages to his office. The court also reviewed the statement of legal representative of TBI, who stated that the Bank returned back the amount to the Municipality since it the entity granted the letter of credit. In addition to the statement of legal representative of the Lebanese company, who clarified that the authorization granted to the suspect authorized him to follow up the technical and administrative matters in Iraq only. The defendant pleaded that he received the said amount. Accordingly, the court found that the evidence is sufficient to convict him.

The decision included that the effected party, Baghdad Municipality and the Lebanese company has the right to file lawsuit before the civil courts for compensation after the decision comes final. The decision was issued in agreement, in presences and appealable according to the article 182a of Iraqi criminal procedures law. End