ShafaqNews- Baghdad
KhaledKabyan, former adviser to ex-PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for youth and sportsaffairs, received a one-year prison sentence Thursday after the Karkh CriminalCourt convicted him of causing damage to public funds.
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Accordingto an official document reviewed by Shafaq News, the case centers on financialdamages exceeding 36 million Iraqi dinars (about $27,000) linked to the IraqiFederation for Aquatic Sports. The sum is reportedly belonging to a private investor.
Theconviction was issued under Article 340 of the Iraqi Penal Code.
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