ShafaqNews- Baghdad
Iraqiauthorities have seized 25 billion Iraqi dinars ($19M), $200,000 and fourkilograms of gold jewelry during an investigation into detained former DeputyOil Minister for Refining Affairs Adnan al-Jumaili, the Supreme JudicialCouncil disclosed on Thursday.
Theinvestigating judge at the Central Criminal Court for Combating Corruptionnoted that some of the funds had been transferred to other individuals forsafekeeping, while additional amounts were hidden inside the walls of severalhouses belonging to al-Jumaili.
Earliertoday, a source told Shafaq News that 25 plastic water bottles filled with USdollar banknotes were found concealed inside a chimney at one of al-Jumaili’sresidences in Tikrit. The amount of money recovered was not provided.
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