The Federal Integrity Commission announced on Tuesday that three operations carried out across several government departments in Baghdad had resulted in the arrest of seven suspects caught in bribery and fraud-related cases.
In a statement, the commission said a team from the Investigation and Enforcement Department of the Baghdad Investigation Directorate conducted a sting operation that led to the arrest of three employees from the South Rusafa Electricity Directorate and an intermediary. They were allegedly caught receiving money in exchange for destroying a legal case against a person accused of illegally encroaching on the electricity transmission network.
In a second operation, investigators arrested two employees of the Baghdad Electricity Distribution Company/Rusafa after allegedly catching them accepting a bribe to avoid imposing a financial penalty for an illegal encroachment on the national power network.
During a third operation, the commission arrested a man accused of defrauding a female citizen by claiming he could obtain a security-status document for her deceased brother from the Martyrs Foundation and complete her transaction with the National Pension Authority in return for money. The cash was recovered from his possession.
The commission added that the competent courts issued detention orders for the suspects under Resolution No. 160 of 1983.
