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Allawi told the newspaper[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Translated by Sumerian News, he is ready to cooperate fully with the government.
Allawi resigned from the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance last August after he was accused of enabling the theft of $2.5 billion.
Among the officials named by the Iraqi government in the investigation are [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/133236/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A %D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A/ar/]Ali Allawi[/url] and aides to former Prime Minister [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/1267304981/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%89 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%8A/ar/]Mustafa Al-Kadhimi[/url], who now lives outside [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].
The government's anti-corruption agency said in March that the four men, including Allawi, were accused of "facilitating the misappropriation of funds belonging to the tax authorities".
Allawi denied his involvement in a case that shocked the Iraqi people and angered the political elite.
"Everything for me is outrageous... I am ready to open whatever bank accounts they want from me and my family," he said, adding that being accused of such things is shocking.
Last October, the government of Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani announced the looting of funds from [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] between September 2021 and August 2022, while Allawi was in charge of the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/3238106360/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9/ar/]Ministry of Finance[/url].
The case centers on the discovery of 250 forged checks written from commission to five shell companies between 2021 and 2022, which were then cashed, and it is suspected that the money was flown in from [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/120339287/%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1 %D8%A8%D8%BA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A/ar/]Baghdad International Airport[/url].
Allawi accused Al-Sudani's government of trying to "distract attention from every issue such as corruption, mismanagement and neglect" from Al-Kazemi's government.
Allawi added, "I was the second man in Al-Kazemi's government, for whatever reason. I don't think they want that, but I don't think they can file charges against Mustafa Al-Kazemi, so I am the second best."
Haider Hanoun, head of the Iraqi [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/1286455878/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9 %D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A9/ar/]Integrity Commission[/url] - the country's main anti-corruption agency - on Sunday called on "the relevant authorities in the United States and the United Kingdom to cooperate in implementing the arrest warrants " issued against the four former Iraqi officials. High-ranking ex-ministers, including Allawi.But
the former finance minister denied that an international body had issued a warning against him.He
said, "I checked the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] website and my name was not there. The lawyer who works with me in Baghdad did not confirm this, and my lawyers in London do not have a record."
In March, the Iraqi government brought charges against Allawi, but no letter or actual notification was delivered to him or his legal team .
He continued, "It is not provided to me, I mean, normally, the procedure is that the fee is paid to you, or if you are not there, they send it to your place of residence, and it was published on the website of the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/1286455878/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9 %D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A9/ar/]Integrity Commission[/url]."
He said the charge was based on "Saddam-era" law, a reference to the inflated powers the state had at the time.
"After 2003, there was human rights legislation, but it never got to the point where it could overcome the judge's desire to use Saddam-era laws," he said.
And Allawi added, "The scheme was revealed when an internal audit conducted by the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/3238106360/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9/ar/]Ministry of Finance[/url] concluded that the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/149548290/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A6%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9 %D9%84%D9%84%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8/ar/]General Tax Authority[/url] fraudulently paid money to five companies. The initial discovery took place during the Kadhimi government era."
He continued, "The payments were made from a branch of the state-run [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/2821242527/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86/ar/]Rafidain Bank[/url], which is located within the Tax Committee."
And in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]'s deeply rooted patronage system, those who manage to carry out such operations will generally have connections to powerful political factions.
And he noted: "I want to say that as far as I am concerned, there is no evidence linking me to the case or taking money from the robbery... I believe there is no evidence that I mismanaged my position, or that I was very negligent."
He asserted that “what I saw during my time in the ministry was the tip of the iceberg.”
The assets of Allawi and the other three men have been frozen since the arrest warrants were issued this year.. The Iraqi government has sought to return the suspects for questioning. The
main suspect, who was arrested In the case, a businessman named [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/1684659861/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1 %D8%B2%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1 %D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85/ar/]Noor Zuhair Jassim[/url], who was released on bail at the end of last year,
and the Iraqi government says it recovered $125 million in money by confiscating his assets.
Theft is considered one of the worst violations of public funds in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], as [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ranks 157 out of 180 countries on the Global Corruption Perceptions Index.
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, former Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi broke his silence and said that he was not aware of the exact details of the charges against him in connection with the "theft of the century" investigation.
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Allawi told the newspaper[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Translated by Sumerian News, he is ready to cooperate fully with the government.
Allawi resigned from the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance last August after he was accused of enabling the theft of $2.5 billion.
Among the officials named by the Iraqi government in the investigation are [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/133236/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A %D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A/ar/]Ali Allawi[/url] and aides to former Prime Minister [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/1267304981/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%89 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%8A/ar/]Mustafa Al-Kadhimi[/url], who now lives outside [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].
The government's anti-corruption agency said in March that the four men, including Allawi, were accused of "facilitating the misappropriation of funds belonging to the tax authorities".
Allawi denied his involvement in a case that shocked the Iraqi people and angered the political elite.
"Everything for me is outrageous... I am ready to open whatever bank accounts they want from me and my family," he said, adding that being accused of such things is shocking.
Last October, the government of Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani announced the looting of funds from [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] between September 2021 and August 2022, while Allawi was in charge of the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/3238106360/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9/ar/]Ministry of Finance[/url].
The case centers on the discovery of 250 forged checks written from commission to five shell companies between 2021 and 2022, which were then cashed, and it is suspected that the money was flown in from [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/120339287/%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1 %D8%A8%D8%BA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A/ar/]Baghdad International Airport[/url].
Allawi accused Al-Sudani's government of trying to "distract attention from every issue such as corruption, mismanagement and neglect" from Al-Kazemi's government.
Allawi added, "I was the second man in Al-Kazemi's government, for whatever reason. I don't think they want that, but I don't think they can file charges against Mustafa Al-Kazemi, so I am the second best."
Haider Hanoun, head of the Iraqi [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/1286455878/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9 %D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A9/ar/]Integrity Commission[/url] - the country's main anti-corruption agency - on Sunday called on "the relevant authorities in the United States and the United Kingdom to cooperate in implementing the arrest warrants " issued against the four former Iraqi officials. High-ranking ex-ministers, including Allawi.But
the former finance minister denied that an international body had issued a warning against him.He
said, "I checked the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] website and my name was not there. The lawyer who works with me in Baghdad did not confirm this, and my lawyers in London do not have a record."
In March, the Iraqi government brought charges against Allawi, but no letter or actual notification was delivered to him or his legal team .
He continued, "It is not provided to me, I mean, normally, the procedure is that the fee is paid to you, or if you are not there, they send it to your place of residence, and it was published on the website of the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/1286455878/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9 %D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A9/ar/]Integrity Commission[/url]."
He said the charge was based on "Saddam-era" law, a reference to the inflated powers the state had at the time.
"After 2003, there was human rights legislation, but it never got to the point where it could overcome the judge's desire to use Saddam-era laws," he said.
And Allawi added, "The scheme was revealed when an internal audit conducted by the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/3238106360/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9/ar/]Ministry of Finance[/url] concluded that the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/149548290/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A6%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9 %D9%84%D9%84%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8/ar/]General Tax Authority[/url] fraudulently paid money to five companies. The initial discovery took place during the Kadhimi government era."
He continued, "The payments were made from a branch of the state-run [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/2821242527/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86/ar/]Rafidain Bank[/url], which is located within the Tax Committee."
And in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]'s deeply rooted patronage system, those who manage to carry out such operations will generally have connections to powerful political factions.
And he noted: "I want to say that as far as I am concerned, there is no evidence linking me to the case or taking money from the robbery... I believe there is no evidence that I mismanaged my position, or that I was very negligent."
He asserted that “what I saw during my time in the ministry was the tip of the iceberg.”
The assets of Allawi and the other three men have been frozen since the arrest warrants were issued this year.. The Iraqi government has sought to return the suspects for questioning. The
main suspect, who was arrested In the case, a businessman named [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/1684659861/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1 %D8%B2%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1 %D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85/ar/]Noor Zuhair Jassim[/url], who was released on bail at the end of last year,
and the Iraqi government says it recovered $125 million in money by confiscating his assets.
Theft is considered one of the worst violations of public funds in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], as [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ranks 157 out of 180 countries on the Global Corruption Perceptions Index.
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