Baghdad: 4 Detained in Fraud, Bribery and Forgery Operations

The Federal Integrity Commission announced that four people were caught red-handed in two separate operations in Baghdad on charges of fraud, taking bribes and forgery. The cases involved an alleged investment-related scam in Tikrit and the suspected falsification of pension identification documents. In the first operation, two people were detained after allegedly deceiving a citizen over a transaction linked to his stake in an investment project in Tikrit. Investigators said they recovered $20,000, described as the first installment of a bribe totaling $150,000. The commission also said the pair allegedly forged documents to complete the transaction and delivered the papers to a legal unit belonging to the Ministry of Finance. The accusations were tied to securing and processing the disputed deal. In the second operation, after surveillance and review, a team went to the Retirement Authority and arrested two people accused of issuing two pension IDs in their names through forgery. The four detainees were brought before the competent judge in Baghdad under two separate judicial orders.