People & Institutions
Adham Karim
أدهم كريم
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Legal status as of 20 October 2026
Arrested
Arrested or held; not convicted.
What the documents say
Arrested with his deputy in Erbil on 13 April 2016 on a judicial order obtained by the Integrity Commission of the Kurdistan Region, in an inquiry reported to concern the illicit trade of bonds the KRG had given to contractors. No charge sheet, trial or release is on record as of 19 October 2026.
- Kind
- Person
- Roles
- Head of the Central Bank of Iraq's Erbil branch (described as director of the Central Bank in the Kurdistan Region)
Cases
These are the cases in this archive that name this entry, with the status in each case on the date shown.
| Case | Role | Status in this case | Detail | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contractor bonds and cheques in the Kurdistan Region: arrest of the head of the Central Bank's Erbil branch (2016) and a seven-year sentence for trading contractors' cheques at a discount (2018) | Head of the Central Bank of Iraq's Erbil branch (described as director of the Central Bank in the Kurdistan Region) | Arrested | Arrested with his deputy in Erbil on 13 April 2016 on a judicial order obtained by the Integrity Commission of the Kurdistan Region, in an inquiry reported to concern the illicit trade of bonds the KRG had given to contractors. No charge sheet, trial or release is on record as of 19 October 2026. | 19 October 2026 |
Dated events
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- 13 April 2016ArrestedArrest announced by the Erbil police
- 16 April 2016ArrestedNamed and the bond inquiry reported
- 9 June 2016ArrestedArrest recalled in Rudaw's report on the reform programme
Documents
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- Alsumaria News13 April 2016Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
اعتقال مدير البنك المركزي في كوردستان بأمر من هيئة نزاهة الإقليم
Original addressتم اعتقال مدير البنك المركزي في إقليم كردستان ونائبه ... عملية الاعتقال تمت بناء على أمر قضائي من هيئة نزاهة إقليم كردستان
- Iraq Business News16 April 2016Press reportTier D
Central Bank Official Arrested over Bond Trading
Original addressAdham Karim, the head of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) in Erbil, and his deputy, are being investigated in relation to the alleged illicit trade of bonds that the government had given to contractors.
- Rudaw18 April 2016Press reportTier D
Kurdistan's anti-graft commission working on 21 corruption cases
Original addressKarim was taken into custody as part of a probe into an alleged illegal bond trading scheme that may have cost the cash-strapped government more than one billion dollars.
- Rudaw9 June 2016Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
Barzani: Reforms and corruption probe are on track
Original address93 cases have been filed to the [Kurdistan Region's Commission of Integrity] and the public prosecutor.