Iraq: New sentence of two years in prison and 10 billion Iraqi dinars for Aalia Nasif.. on corruption charges
The Anti-Corruption Crimes Court sentenced Aalia Nasif and Raad Al-Jubouri to prison for benefiting from contracts of the North Refineries Company.
Translated by Qiyas from الراي — Original source
Iraq’s Federal Integrity Authority announced on Wednesday that MP Aalia Nassef Jasim was sentenced to two years in prison, and Raad Al-Jabouri was sentenced to five years.
According to the Iraqi News Agency, the Central Anti-Corruption Court issued a verdict in absentia imposing a two-year hard imprisonment sentence on Aalia Nassef Jasim, and a five-year hard imprisonment sentence on Raad Al-Jabouri, the former Director General of the Salah Al-Din Health Directorate, for benefiting from works, contracts, and tenders carried out by the Northern Refineries Company. The agency noted that the two interfered in referring and disbursing contract funds to companies and individuals with whom they had ties, in order to obtain personal benefit.
It added that the court, after reviewing the evidence gathered in the case, found it sufficient and convincing to convict them, and issued a conviction ruling in accordance with Article 319 of the Penal Code.
Iraqi courts had previously, in September last year, sentenced Aalia Nassef to seven years in prison for her conviction in financial corruption cases, and ordered her to repay 27 billion Iraqi dinars.
