Baghdad Electricity Distribution Official Arrested for Embezzling Materials Worth 4.5 Billion Dinars

The Federal Integrity Commission announced the arrest of an official at the Baghdad Electricity Distribution Company for embezzling electrical materials valued at approximately 4.5 billion dinars. The Commission detailed that an investigative audit team dispatched to the Ministry of Electricity uncovered that the warehouse manager at the Rusafa Distribution Branch had misappropriated electrical cables worth over 4.4 billion dinars in collaboration with two drivers. The operation was executed under a judicial warrant in accordance with Article 315 of the Penal Code. An official seizure report was prepared, and the suspect was presented to the competent investigative judge, who ordered his detention pending further investigation.