Discovery of a 30 Billion Toman Embezzlement in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

The head of the judiciary in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad announced the discovery of a 300 billion rial embezzlement in the province and stated that details of the case will be communicated. IRNA reported on Wednesday, February 8, that Gholamreza Mazarai made the announcement during a press conference, saying, "Information will be provided after the dimensions of the case are clarified." Mr. Zarei did not refer to the location or organization where the embezzlement occurred and did not comment on the suspects arrested in this case. He added that this case is currently being investigated by the provincial inspection organization of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad. The local website 'Sobhe Zagros' also reported, citing this judicial official, that a 100 billion rial embezzlement occurred at the Bank of Commerce in this province, which is also being pursued by the inspection organization. Embezzlement, fraud, and financial corruption are among the significant crimes in cases formed in Iranian courts, and there is no comprehensive report on the number and volume of these economic violations. For years, numerous reports of embezzlement and financial misconduct in governmental and state organizations have been published in Iran, with some of these crimes leading to death sentences for the accused. On January 1 of this year, the Revolutionary Court of Karaj issued a death sentence for the first accused in a 1 trillion toman economic case known as 'Jahangir' after examining the charges against 38 individuals, and sentenced five others to life imprisonment. Another notorious economic case that led to a death sentence is the case known as the 3 trillion toman corruption or embezzlement case, where the first accused, Meh-Afarid Amir-Khosravi, along with three others, was sentenced to death, and his execution was carried out on May 24, 2014. Prior to that, the execution of Fazel Khodadad, the main accused in a 123 billion toman embezzlement case from Bank Saderat in the 1990s, also resulted in a death sentence for him, and he was ultimately executed in December 1995. Mostafa Pourmohammadi, who was the head of the General Inspection Organization in 2011, stated at that time that there are many cases similar to the 3 trillion toman embezzlement case of Bank Saderat. In this context, another economic case has also led to a death sentence. A member of parliament reported the 'disappearance of thousands of billions' in energy carrier revenues. The social security lawyer stated that the flogging sentence for Mortezaei has been referred to the appeals court.