Shafaq News- Baghdad
Investigators have seized additional cash, properties,vehicles, and gold linked to a corruption case involving detained Oil Ministryofficial Adnan al-Jumaili, a judge at Iraq's Central Criminal Court forCombating Corruption noted on Monday.
In a statement, the investigating judge said ongoing effortsto trace proceeds allegedly generated through waste and irregularities inprojects connected to the suspect and other parties have increased the totalvalue of seized funds to $10M and 31B Iraqi dinars (about $23.7M).
The judge also stated that court-led operations on Sundayresulted in the seizure of nearly 20 billion Iraqi dinars (about $15.3M) hiddenon a farm, as well as the interception of an attempt to smuggle 5B dinars(about $3.8M) in one of Iraq's provinces.
“The legal measures also included the seizure and freezingof 70 properties, 21 modern vehicles, and approximately three kilograms of goldjewelry.”
Last month, a source told Shafaq News that a specialsecurity force arrested Adnan Hamed Hamoud, the Oil Ministry's deputy ministerfor refining affairs and former director general of the North RefineriesCompany and Baiji Refinery, on corruption-related charges.