The Federal Integrity Commission announced today, Monday, the implementation of two operations in Nineveh Governorate, which resulted in the arrest of a suspect due to the inflation of his assets, as well as the seizure of three expensive vehicles belonging to another detained suspect who claimed to belong to a security agency.
The Commission stated in a statement received by the news agency that "a team from the Nineveh Investigation Directorate, after conducting investigative work, succeeded in apprehending the first suspect and searching two of his residences; as evidence showed the inflation of his assets," explaining that "the search operation resulted in finding large amounts of financial transfers and contracts for the purchase of commercial real estate at high prices, which were duly recorded as part of the case evidence."
It added that "the team managed, in a separate operation, after conducting searches and investigations, to seize three 'expensive vehicles,' one of which is armored, belonging to a detained suspect who claimed affiliation with a security agency."
It noted that "two official seizure records were organized for the operations and presented along with the suspects and the seized items before the investigating judge of the Nineveh Court specialized in integrity cases, who decided to detain the first suspect under the provisions of Article (19/Third) of the Federal Integrity Commission Law and the Prohibition of Unlawful Gain No. (30 of 2011) amended, while directing the completion of the investigation procedures with the second suspect according to the provisions of Article (36) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Law No. (39 of 2015)."