Cases
Former ministers, governors and officials sentenced, from 2024 to 2026 (Integrity Commission statements)
Five officials named in Federal Integrity Commission statements, all sentenced in absentia. They are a former deputy minister of culture (the 2014 Nimrud treasure exhibition contract), a former governor of Diyala (car loans of more than IQD 4bn), a former minister of transport (Iraqi Airways fuel contracts abroad), an official of the Nineveh reconstruction office (bribes from contractors, and camps for displaced people) and a former planning director in Kirkuk (reconstruction funds spent without approval). Three more: the former director-general of the tax authority (ten years in person for money laundering, 2026), a former director-general at the industry ministry (six years in absentia for illicit enrichment, 2024), and the former chairman of Najaf airport (three years in absentia, 2024).
- Period
- From 2014 to August 2026
- Sector
- Government and public administrationContracts, loans, reconstruction and camp funds
- Kind of case
- Court rulings (mostly in absentia)
- Jurisdiction
- Federal Iraq
How the money moved
Damaging public funds through contracts; acting against official duties in loans and payments; taking bribes and collecting money from contractors.
What happened
Seven of the eight sentenced in absentia (two to seventeen years); one, the former tax director-general, sentenced in person to ten years.
Open questions
- Amounts lost in the Nimrud and fuel contracts; whether any of the five has been arrested or has returned.
People and companies
The table lists everyone this case names, with their legal status on the date shown. A status in this case does not carry over to any other case, and an accusation is not a conviction. How to read the status.
| Name | Role in the case | Legal status | Detail | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarbast Omar Hassan سربست عمر حسن | Former deputy minister of culture | Convicted (reported) | Sentenced in absentia (fugitive) by the Karkh Criminal Court, third panel, to six years for deliberate damage to public funds (Penal Code art. 340), over the ministry's 2014 contract with a Danish company, "Exhibitions Holding Group", to show the Nimrud treasure in European museums (Integrity Commission statement, 20 August 2026). | 30 September 2026 |
| Abdul Nasser al-Muntasir Billah عبد الناصر المنتصر بالله | Former governor of Diyala | Convicted (reported) | Sentenced in absentia by the Baquba misdemeanour court for integrity cases to two years' rigorous imprisonment for acting contrary to his official duties (Penal Code art. 341), over loans of more than IQD 4bn to buy cars; an arrest warrant was issued (Integrity Commission statement, 17 September 2025). | 30 September 2026 |
| Kadhim Finjan Hussein كاظم فنجان حسين | Former minister of transport | Convicted (reported) | Sentenced in absentia (fugitive) by the Rusafa misdemeanour court for integrity cases to three years' rigorous imprisonment for deliberately acting contrary to his official duties (Penal Code art. 331), over contracts to supply Iraqi Airways aircraft with fuel at foreign stations (Integrity Commission statement, 13 November 2024). | 30 September 2026 |
| Ayoub Yousif Mahmoud Ibrahim أيوب يوسف محمود إبراهيم | Official in the Nineveh governorate's reconstruction office; member of a committee building camps for displaced people | Convicted (reported) | Sentenced in absentia by the Nineveh Criminal Court, first panel, to ten years and an IQD 10m fine for collecting tax money and taking bribes from contractors, and to a further seven years for deliberately damaging public funds while on a committee building camp infrastructure in Qayyarah, after an advance of IQD 5bn (Integrity Commission statement, 2 June 2024). | 30 September 2026 |
| Yashar Ali Mohammed Ahmed Bayraqdar يشار علي محمد أحمد بيرقدار | Former director of planning and follow-up, Kirkuk governorate office | Convicted (reported) | Sentenced in absentia by the Kirkuk misdemeanour court to two years and six months' rigorous imprisonment for deliberately acting contrary to his duties to benefit others at the state's expense, by paying for a customs-post security headquarters out of the budget for rebuilding areas freed from terrorism without the required approvals; the Kirkuk appeal court accepted the Commission's appeal that the penalty did not fit the offence (Integrity Commission statement, 22 February 2025). | 30 September 2026 |
| Osama Hussam Jawdat أسامة حسام جودت | Former director-general of the General Commission for Taxes | Convicted (reported) | Sentenced in person by the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court to ten years for money laundering, with fines and the seizure of his money and property; his wife was sentenced to five years and one month (Integrity Commission statement, 29 June 2026). | 30 September 2026 |
| Ali Shafi Asaad علي شافي أسعد | Former director-general, Ministry of Industry and Minerals | Convicted (reported) | Sentenced in absentia to six years for illicit enrichment (Integrity Law 30 of 2011, art. 19/2) and ordered to pay IQD 2,944,000,000, the value of the illicit gain and an equal fine (Integrity Commission statement, 5 July 2024). | 30 September 2026 |
| Fa'id Kadhim Noun al-Shammari فائد كاظم نون الشمري | Former chairman of the board, Najaf airport | Convicted (reported) | Sentenced in absentia by the Najaf misdemeanour court for integrity cases to three years for deliberately acting contrary to his duties to benefit others, by contracting with a factory that lacked the approvals of the industry and health ministries and was built inside the airport (government media office statement, 23 May 2024). | 30 September 2026 |
Sources
These are the documents on which this case rests. Each quote is given in the language of the document.
- Shafaq News (government media office statement)23 May 2024Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
غيابيا .. الحبس الشديد لرئيس مجلس إدارة مطار النجف سابقاً
Originalقرار حكمٍ غيابياً بالحبس لمُدَّة ثلاث سنواتٍ على (فائد كاظم نون الشمري) رئيس مجلس إدارة مطار النجف سابقاً
- Al-Mada (Federal Integrity Commission statement)3 June 2024Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
النزاهة: السجن (17) سنة لعضو لجنة إنشاء مخيمات للنازحين في محافظة نينوى
Originalقرار حكمٍ بالسجن غيابياً لمُدَّة عشر سنواتٍ، وغرامة ماليَّة قدرُها عشرة ملايين دينارٍ على المُدان (أيوب يوسف محمود إبراهيم)؛ لقيامه بجمع مبالغ الضرائب وأخذ رشاوى من المُقاولين
- 964media (Federal Integrity Commission statement)5 July 2024Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
السجن 6 سنوات لمدير عام سابق بوزارة الصناعة وإلزامه بتسديد 3 مليارات دينار
Originalفأصدرت قرارها بإلزامه بتأدية مبلغ (2,944,000,000) ملياري دينار قيمة الكسب غير المشروع والغرامة
- Non News Agency (Federal Integrity Commission statement)13 November 2024Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
النزاهة: الحبس الشديد لوزير النقل الأسبق المُدان الهارب (كاظم فنجان حسين)
Originalقرار حكمٍ غيابياً بحقّ وزير النقل الأسبق المُدان الهارب (كاظم فنجان حسين) يقضي بالحبس الشديد لمُدَّة ثلاث سنواتٍ
- Shafaq News (Federal Integrity Commission statement)22 February 2025Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
النزاهة توضح تفاصيل حكم تمييزي بحق مدير سابق في ديوان محافظة كركوك
Originalيقضي بالحبس الشديد لمُدَّة سنتين وستة أشهر على المدان (يشار علي محمد أحمد بيرقدار) مُدير التخطيط والمُتابعة في ديوان مُحافظة كركوك سابقاً
- Non News Agency (Federal Integrity Commission statement)17 September 2025Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
النزاهة: الحبس الشديد بحق محافظ ديالى الأسبق لارتكابه مخالفات بمنح قروض
Originalقرار حكمٍ غيابياً بالحبس الشديد لمُدَّة سنتين، على محافظ ديالى الأسبق المدان (عبد الناصر المنتصر بالله) عن جريمة ارتكاب ما يخالف واجباته الوظيفيَّة
- Non News Agency (Federal Integrity Commission statement)29 June 2026Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
السجن لمدير عام هيئة الضرائب الأسبق وزوجته بتهمة "غسل الأموال"
Originalقرار حكمٍ حضورياً يقضي بالسجن لمُدَّة (10) سنوات بحق (أسامة حسام جودت) المدير العام الأسبق للهيئة العامة للضرائب، وبالسجن لمُدَّة (5) سنوات وشهر بحق زوجته
- Al-Aalem Al-Jadeed (Federal Integrity Commission statement)20 August 2026Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
النزاهة: السجن 6 سنوات لوكيل وزير الثقافة الأسبق لإضراره بالمال العام
Originalبحقِّ المُدان الهارب (سربست عمر حسن)، الذي كان يشغل منصب وكيل وزير الثقافة، يقضي بالسجن لمدة ست سنوات