People and companies named in the record
This section names the people, companies and banks that appear in the documents we have gathered about Iraq's public money since 2003. Each name carries its documented legal status on the date shown, and the documents it rests on.
How to read the status
Court decisions
- Convicted
- Found guilty by a court.
- Convicted in absentia
- Found guilty by a court while absent.
- Pleaded guilty
- Admitted guilt in court.
- Convicted (reported)
- Reported convicted by credible media or an official statement; the judgment itself not seen.
- Convicted; sentence served
- Released after serving a sentence.
- Found liable (civil)
- Ordered to pay in a civil case. Not a criminal conviction.
Sanctions
- Under sanctions
- Placed on a government sanctions list. An official act, not a court judgment.
Charged, wanted or arrested
- Wanted
- Wanted by the courts and out of their reach.
- Charged or wanted
- Charged, or the subject of an arrest warrant; not convicted.
- Arrested
- Arrested or held; not convicted.
- Released on bail
- Released while the case continues.
Official findings and accusations
- Disciplined by an official body
- Fined, suspended or otherwise punished by an administrative body.
- Removed from office
- Removed from an official post.
- Accused by an official body
- Accused by an official body or office holder; not charged.
- Under investigation
- Named by an official body as under investigation; not charged.
- Accused in credible reporting
- Accused by credible media or a published report; no official action known.
Cleared, pardoned or lifted
- Conviction quashed
- A conviction later overturned.
- Acquitted
- Found not guilty.
- Charges dropped or case closed
- Charges dropped or the case closed.
- Pardoned or amnestied
- Released or cleared under a pardon or amnesty.
- Sanctions lifted
- Removed from a sanctions list.
- Not charged as of the date of writing
- Named, for example as an office holder, bank owner or licence holder, with no charge, conviction, sanction or official finding.
What this section does not mean
Not everyone named here is accused. The exact status is given next to every name. An accusation is not a conviction, and nobody is called a criminal unless a court has convicted them. A name is not added because it circulates on social media. It is added only when a document supports it.
The names
Of the 65 entries under court decisions, 12 are named people and companies who were convicted, 43 are named people and companies reported convicted, where the judgment itself has not been seen, and 3 are civil judgments. The other 7 stand for people whom the sources do not name. There are 17 names under United States sanctions. Of these, 3 are listed under another status, a court decision or an amnesty.
Cleared, pardoned or lifted12
- Conviction quashed1 case
- Conviction quashed1 case
- Conviction quashed1 case
- Conviction quashed1 case
- Mudhir Muhammad Salihمظهر محمد صالح
Central Bank of Iraq Deputy Governor (later PM's financial adviser)
Acquitted1 case - Acquitted1 case
- Charges dropped or case closed1 case
- Charges dropped or case closed1 case
- Charges dropped or case closed2 cases
- Pardoned or amnestied1 case
- Maj. Gen. Ghanem Mohammed Jaafar Hassan al-Husseiniاللواء غانم محمد جعفر حسن الحسيني
Director-General of the Energy (Oil) Police
Pardoned or amnestied1 case - Sabah al-Kinaniصباح الكناني
Head of the Reform and Change Foundation (a civil-society organisation); candidate in the October 2021 parliamentary election
Pardoned or amnestied1 case