Baghdad, The staff of the Federal Integrity Commission in Diyala were able to dismantle a network that embezzled more than (1.6) billion dinars from the governorate's accounts in a government bank, and seized more than six hundred million dinars, gold jewelry, and real estate bonds. The Commission stated that, while talking about the operation that took place according to a judicial note, it stated that the Commission's investigation office in Diyala took the initiative to form a work team to investigate information obtained by the office indicating the embezzlement of a sum of money estimated at billions of dinars from the accounts of Diyala Governorate in one of the government banks in Baquba. It added that the team, after moving to the governorate office and al-Rafidain Bank branch in Baquba and conducting investigations, verifying the accuracy of the information, and obtaining a judicial arrest warrant, moved to the homes of the accused and were able to overthrow five of them, two of whom worked as acc ountants in the accounts department in the Diyala Governorate Office. The team also seized part of the financial sums obtained from the crime, which is estimated at (640,036,500) million dinars, along with gold jewelry and various foreign currencies. It continued that the operation also resulted in the seizure of bonds for six real estate properties in the names of the defendants, and (15) instruments disbursed in the bank for fictitious transactions in the amount of (1,694,602,224) billion dinars. It warned that a formal report on the operation had been prepared, and that it, along with the defendants and the seized items, had been presented to the competent investigating judge, who decided to arrest them based on the provisions of Article (315) of the Penal Code, warning that investigation and inspection efforts were continuing to bring down three other defendants in the case who work in the accounts and calculator departments in Governorate Office. Source: National Iraqi News Agency