Shafaq News- Mosul
Iraq's Federal Commission ofIntegrity on Sunday announced the arrest of six employees from the Oil andFinance ministries in Nineveh over embezzlement and violations of officialduties.
During two operations at agovernment-run fuel station in Mosul, investigators detained four employeesafter uncovering an alleged theft of gasoline, discrepancies between recordedand actual fuel quantities, and the failure to deposit gasoline and kerosenesales proceeds in the station's cash office for remittance as state revenue. Cash from the fuel sales was found inside the personal vehicle of the station'scashier.
In a separate operation at theNineveh Retirement Directorate, investigators detained an employee and asecurity officer who were reportedly processing original pension files withoutthe presence of the applicants or legal authorization.
An investigative judge at theNineveh Integrity Court ordered the suspects detained under Articles 315 and331 of Iraq's Penal Code.
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