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 70 court decisions, 16 are convictions, 49 are convictions known from reports, where the judgment itself has not been seen, and 5 are civil judgments. There are 21 names under United States sanctions. Of these, 3 are listed under another status, a court decision or an amnesty.
Sanctions18
- Abd al-Aziz al-Muhammadawi (Abu Fadak)عبد العزيز المحمداوي (أبو فدك)
PMF chief of staff; Kata'ib Hizballah leader (previously US-designated)
Under sanctions1 case - Al-Bilad Islamic Bank for Investment and Finance P.S.C.مصرف البلاد الإسلامي للاستثمار والتمويلCompany
Privately owned Iraqi bank
Under sanctions1 case - Ali Meften Khafeef al-Baidhaniعلي مفتن خفيف البيضاني
Bank owner; Chairman of Union Bank of Iraq (bank's own social-media posts roughly from 2021 to 2022; Arab Weekly; Mubasher); not on current ISC board list
Under sanctions1 case - Ali Mohammed Ghulam Hussein al-Anssari (Ali Ghulam)علي محمد غلام حسين
Treasury: "Iraqi bank executive ... at the top of several Iraqi commercial banks".
Under sanctions1 case - Aqeel Meften Khafeef al-Baidhaniعقيل مفتن خفيف البيضاني
Bank owner; president of Iraq's National Olympic Committee; 13% shareholder of Union Bank of Iraq (ISC)
Under sanctions1 case - Aras Habib Kareemآراس حبيب كريم
Chairman and Chief Executive, Al-Bilad Islamic Bank for Investment and Finance
Under sanctions1 case - Awqad Muhsin Faraj al-Hamidawiعوقد محسن فرج الحميداوي
Directs KH businesses and financial portfolio; manages Al-Massal Land Travel and Tourism Co. (Treasury)
Under sanctions - Under sanctions1 case
- Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan al-Shabbaniبشير عبد الكاظم علوان الشباني
CEO and owner of Fly Baghdad at time of designation
Under sanctions1 case - Under sanctions2 cases
- Khamis Farhan al-Khanjar al-Issawiخميس فرحان الخنجر العيساوي
Businessman; leader of a Sunni political alliance
Under sanctions1 case - Majid Ali Akbar Namdar al-Mandalawi and Abdulhasan Ali Akbar Namdar al-Mandalawiماجد علي اكبر نامدار المندلاوي؛ عبدالحسن علي اكبر نامدار
Owners or operators of Dubai hawala Shams & Bahr Trading Company LLC (Treasury)
Under sanctions - Under sanctions1 case
- Mustafa Hashim Lazim al-Behadili ("Sayyid Awn")مصطفى هاشم لازم البهادلي
AAH leader and economic official; owns or controls four Gulf Energy/Iraq International Energy companies (Treasury)
Under sanctions - Salim Ahmed Saidسليم أحمد سعيد
Iraqi-British businessman (VS Oil Terminal FZE / VS Tankers); runs VS Oil Terminal/VS Tankers network (Treasury)
Under sanctions2 cases - Shibl Muhsin 'Ubayd al-Zaydiشبل محسن عبيد الزيدي
Financial coordinator between the Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and armed groups in Iraq (Treasury)
Under sanctions - Under sanctions1 case
- Waleed Khaled Hameed al-Samarra'iوليد خالد حميد السامرائي
UAE-based Iraqi-Kittitian businessman running a tanker network (Treasury)
Under sanctions1 case