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Mon, 09/19/2011 - 07:59
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19 arrested in connection with $2.6 embezzlement in Iran

TEHRAN, Sept. 19 (MNA) – Nineteen people have so far been arrested in connection with the bank embezzlement totaling 28 trillion rials (2.63 billion dollars), Iran`s national prosecutor general announced on Sunday.

National Prosecutor General Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei has been assigned to investigate the embezzlement case.

The bank embezzlement is the greatest of its kind in the history of Iran.

Mohseni-Ejei added a number of suspects have been banned from leaving the country and some other ones, who intended to transfer their money and properties, were banned from entering into financial transactions.

Mohseni-Ejei also criticized certain administration officials for trying to divert public opinion from the case rather than apologizing to the people.




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