Baghdad: The Federal Integrity Commission announced today, Friday, the issuance of a verdict sentencing a director at the Central Electricity Distribution Company to three years of severe imprisonment for illicit enrichment.

According to Iraqi News Agency, the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court issued a verdict sentencing the director of the Financial Affairs Department at the Central Electricity Distribution Company to three years of severe imprisonment. The court also mandated that he return the value of the illicit gains in his assets, amounting to 1,170,450,000 Iraqi dinars and 203,000 US dollars.

The statement added that the court imposed a fine on the convicted individual equivalent to the value of the illicit gains, amounting to 1,170,450,000 Iraqi dinars and $203,000. The prison sentence and fine were issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 19, Paragraph 3, while the obligation to return the value of the illicit gains was based on the provisions of Article 19, Paragraph 4 of the Integrity and Illicit Gains Law No. 30 of 2011, as amended.

It clarified that the ruling also included the confiscation of shares registered in the name of the convicted individual’s wife in a property and an apartment located in the Al-Dawudi and Karrada Maryam districts, valued at 1,100,000,000 Iraqi dinars, after the ruling became final. Additionally, two vehicles valued at $223,000 were confiscated and deposited with the Integrity Commission for disposal in accordance with the law.

The statement also added that the court decided not to release the convict upon the expiration of his sentence unless he returns the value of the illicit gain and pays the fine. Furthermore, a precautionary seizure was placed on his movable and immovable assets, with the Integrity Commission granted the right to claim compensation after the judgment becomes final.