AMMAN —
The
Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission’s annual report for the year 2021
shows that IACC recovered over JD142 million during that year, and investigated
48 money laundering cases, according to Khaberni.
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The report also
showed that the Central Bank of Jordan
ranks highest in compliance with national integrity standards, followed
by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
The commission
indicated that it was informed about more than 5,000 corruption cases by
traditional and electronic means during 2021.
It is stated in
the report that two employees working in a government institution manipulated
customers savings accounts for years, embezzling, through fake deposits, and
withdrawals, JD179,000; they were referred to the prosecutor general.
The court found
the two defendants guilty and sentenced them to a 10-year prison term with
temporary labor, and fined one JD162,000 and the other JD33,000.
IACC also
referred to the public prosecutor a case of tampering with customs data, worth
JD4 million. According to the report, an Aqaba Customs employee modified the
name of a beneficiary on the customs data list, which caused the
Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) to lose JD4 million.
ASEZA referred
the matter to the public prosecutor, and seized the money, which was deposited
in the court’s account.
IACC also referred a case
of tax evasion, valued at JD10 million, to the public prosecutor. According to
the report, an ASEZA tax employee audited a company in 2018 and submitted a
report stating that it was not owing any tax. Further investigation showed that
in the period 2015–2018 the company came to owe nearly JD10 million.
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