Iraqi Court Issues Arrest Warrants For 4 Senior Officials
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BAGHDAD, March 3 (KUNA) - Iraq's federal Commission of Integrity announced warrants to arrest four senior officials, including ex-minister of finance and chief of staff of ex-prime minister's office, in a major anti-graft probe.
The defendants are accused of plundering nearly USD 2.5 billion of the tax revenues deposited at the state-run Rafidain Bank, it said in a press release on Friday.
The Criminal Court of Al-Karkh has also issued orders to slap assert freeze on the four defendants, the anti-graft agency added. (end)
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