Federal Integrity Commission dismantles fraud and forgery network of 12 employees in First Rusafa Education Directorate
The commission detained seven suspects and issued arrest warrants for five others after detecting forgery and pay-for-hire schemes that began in November 2025.
The Federal Integrity Commission announced on Friday the dismantling of a network of employees in the First Rusafa Education Directorate involved in fraud and forgery.
In a statement, the commission said the network consisted of 12 employees who were defrauding citizens by promising them appointments in exchange for payments, and that these activities began in November 2025. It added that members of the network also forged initial appointment documents and arranged salary disbursements for employees without requiring them to attend official duty.
The commission said it formed two task forces in the Baghdad Investigations Directorate, and each team moved to a specific neighborhood in Baghdad, resulting in the arrest of seven suspects and the issuance of a judicial arrest warrant for five others.
It said the operation was carried out in cooperation with law enforcement bodies represented by the Falcons cell and the Ground‑Holding Force in the two neighborhoods where the operation took place, and that an official seizure report was prepared and presented along with the suspects before the judge of the Rusafa Investigative Court, which is competent in integrity, money laundering and economic crime cases, who ordered their detention based on the provisions of Amended Resolution No. 160 of 1983.
