Salah al-Din Criminal Court: 7 years in prison for a man convicted of embezzling sums of money
Baghdad-INA
The Salah al-Din Criminal Court issued a seven-year prison sentence on Wednesday against a man convicted of embezzling sums of money.
The Judicial Council stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), "The Salah al-Din Criminal Court issued a seven-year prison sentence against a convict for the crime of embezzling sums of money."
The court explained that "the convict, who holds the position of Director of the Salah al-Din Statistics Department, embezzled a sum of money allocated to be paid to contracted employees for the 2024 population census."
It added that "the sentence was issued against him based on the provisions of Article 316 - Part Two of Penal Code No. 111 of 1969."
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