SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Authorities of Iraq have arrested the main suspect in the theft of $2.5 billion from a bank fund of Iraq’s General Tax Authority on Monday as he was attempting to flee.
The Ministry of Interior said it arrested the main suspect in the theft of $2.5 billion from a bank fund of Iraq’s General Tax Authority
The suspect, Noor Zuhair Jassim was arrested at Baghdad International Airport while attempting to flee from the country on board a private jet.
“My government had already discovered this violation based on information and indications pointing to it, “outgoing Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said.
“All evidence and documents were handed over to the judiciary months ago. The judiciary, in turn, is moving forward with this case with high professionalism and calmness, away from the language of extortion and misleading populist rhetoric,” he added.
Iraq’s General Tax Authority Bank on October, 16 witnessed the theft of $2.5 billion, which the bank confirmed immediately and called a probe into the case.
