Iraq's Corruption
People & Institutions

United Bank for Investment

مصرف المتحد للاستثمار

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Legal status as of 20 October 2026

Accused by an official body

Accused by an official body or office holder; not charged.

What the documents say

A statement of the Higher Commission for Combating Corruption, quoted by Al-Aalem Al-Jadeed, linked the summons of the Export Support Fund's director general to very large cash deposits with United Bank for Investment, and the head of the fund's committee, Adel Khudair Abbas, sued the bank's authorised manager before the Karrada court of first instance for not transferring the money to the ministry's account at Rasheed Bank. On 22 June 2023 the head of the Integrity Commission said, without naming the bank, that the private bank had taken the IQD 69 billion into its own investments and that IQD 15 billion had been recovered. No charge against the bank is on record as of 19 October 2026.

Kind
Bank
Roles
  • Private bank that held the deposits of the Export Support Fund and the Grain Trading company

Cases

These are the cases in this archive that name this entry, with the status in each case on the date shown.
Cases
CaseRoleStatus in this caseDetailAs of
Ministry of Trade money in a private bank: IQD 129 billion deposited by the Export Support Fund and the Grain Trading company, and a 2026 sentence (from 2023 to 2026)Private bank that held the deposits of the Export Support Fund and the Grain Trading companyAccused by an official bodyA statement of the Higher Commission for Combating Corruption, quoted by Al-Aalem Al-Jadeed, linked the summons of the Export Support Fund's director general to very large cash deposits with United Bank for Investment, and the head of the fund's committee, Adel Khudair Abbas, sued the bank's authorised manager before the Karrada court of first instance for not transferring the money to the ministry's account at Rasheed Bank. On 22 June 2023 the head of the Integrity Commission said, without naming the bank, that the private bank had taken the IQD 69 billion into its own investments and that IQD 15 billion had been recovered. No charge against the bank is on record as of 19 October 2026.19 October 2026

Dated events

Each recorded step in the legal record of this entry is listed here in order of date.
  1. 15 April 2023
    Accused by an official bodyLawsuit by the fund's committee head and Higher Commission statement
  2. 22 June 2023
    Accused by an official bodyStatement of the head of the Integrity Commission on the private bank

Documents

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  1. Alsumaria News10 April 2023Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    النزاهة تستقدم مديرين عامين في وزارة التجارة

    المدير العام للصندوق قام بإيداع مبالغ الجباية البالغة (69,000,000,000) مليار دينارٍ في المصرف الأهلي
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  2. Shafaq News10 April 2023Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    استقدام مسؤولين في وزارة التجارة لارتكابهما مخالفات مالية

    أصدر أمر استقدامٍ بحقِّ المدير العام للشركة العامَّة لتجارة الحبوب سابقاً؛ لقيامه بفتح حسابٍ جارٍ في المصرف ذاته، وإيداع مبلغ (60,000,000,000) مليار دينار فيه
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  3. Al-Aalem Al-Jadeed15 April 2023Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    تورط مصرف المتحد للاستثمار باختلاس مبالغ مالية لصندوق دعم التصدير

    استقدام (سرمد طه سعيد) المُدير العام لدائرة صندوق دعم التصدير في وزارة التجارة المنسوب حالياً إلى الشركة العامَّة لتجارة المواد الإنشائيَّة
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  4. Shafaq News22 June 2023Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    النزاهة تعلن استرداد أكثر من 55 مليار دينار من صفقتي فساد إحداها بوزارة التجارة

    إسترداد 15 مليار دينار من أصل 69 ملياراً ... المصرف الأهلي استحوذ على هذه الأموال وتصرف بها في عملياته الاستثمارية
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  5. Alsumaria News11 June 2026Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    النزاهة: السجن 3 سنوات لمدير عام سابق بوزارة التجارة

    صدور قرار حكمٍ حضوريٍّ بالسجن لمُدَّة ثلاث سنوات بحقّ المدير العام للشركة العامة لتجارة الحبوب سابقاً، على خلفية مخالفاتٍ تتعلَّق بفتح حسابٍ مصرفيٍّ
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  6. 964 Network11 June 2026Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    فتح حساباً وأودع فيه المليارات.. السجن 3 سنوات لمدير عام سابق بوزارة التجارة

    بالسجن حضورياً لمدة ثلاث سنوات بحق المدير العام السابق للشركة العامة لتجارة الحبوب في وزارة التجارة، وموظف آخر
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Articles

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