Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq’s Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court (CACC)sentenced the former director general of the General Commission for Taxes andhis wife to prison for money laundering, while also ordering heavy fines andthe confiscation of their assets, Iraq's Federal Commission of Integrity statedon Monday.
In a statement, the commission said Osama Hossam Jawdat wassentenced to 10 years in prison, and his wife to five years and one month underArticle 36 of Iraq's Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Law. The court also ordered the couple to jointly pay a fine of 32 billion Iraqidinars (about $24.4 million).
The ruling included the confiscation of 10 properties inBaghdad and 12 properties in Turkiye registered in the wife's name, as well asseized cash, rental income from the properties, gold jewelry, and funds held ina Kuwaiti bank and several Turkish banks. The court also ordered the seizure of the couple's movable and immovableassets.
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