Tikrit: The Federal Integrity Commission has announced the seizure of documents and deeds for 95 properties found in the home of the assistant director of real estate registration in Salah al-Din, who is currently detained pending an investigation.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the commission executed a judicial warrant against the husband of the detained official as part of a parallel investigation into suspicions of illicit enrichment and money laundering. The warrant was carried out at the official’s home in Tikrit, where the husband admitted that approximately 27 properties were registered in his name only nominally. He also confessed that other properties were registered under the names of her relatives and intermediaries, although their true ownership belonged to his wife. The funds used to acquire these properties reportedly stemmed from bribes received by exploiting her public office.

The commission further revealed that a search of the official’s residence led to the seizure of a significant number of original real estate deeds, documents, and foreign purchase contracts associated with about 95 properties in the governorates of Salah al-Din, Baghdad, and Diyala. Initial investigations showed that some properties were registered under the names of the official’s husband, parents, relatives, and others who acted as intermediaries, with the intention of hiding their actual ownership and evading legal responsibility. This was especially relevant as the accused was required to submit a financial disclosure statement.

Additionally, the seized items included real estate records, 31 blank statements with fingerprints, four computers including a barcode scanner from the Real Estate Registration Directorate in Salah al-Din, sums of money in both Iraqi dinars and US dollars, a box of gold jewelry, purchase contracts, powers of attorney, and citizens’ transactions. A modern car belonging to the official’s husband was also confiscated.

The commission prepared a formal seizure report detailing the operation and the confiscated items, which was presented along with the accused before the judge of the Salah al-Din Investigation Court, specializing in integrity cases. After recording the accused’s statement, the judge ordered his detention pending investigation, in accordance with Article 36 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Law No. 39 of 2015.