The Iran Insurance embezzlement case refers to an
embezzlement scandal within the state-owned
Iran Insurance Company
Iran Insurance Joint-stock Company ( fa, شرکت سهامی بیمه ایران; ''Shirkat-e Sihami-ye Bimih Iran'') is an Iranian government-owned corporation providing a wide range of insurances. Established in 1935, the company is regarded as " ...
, publicized in November 2010. Key figures behind the scandal included a clique of statesmen within
the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, known as
the Fatemi Circle. The case was controversially appealed at the same time with
2011 Iranian embezzlement scandal
The 3,000 billion Iranian toman, toman embezzlement scandal in Iran (also 2,800 billion embezzlement; approximately US$943.5 million) was a Corruption in Iran, corruption scandal involving the use of forged documents to obtain credit from at least ...
.
Convicted people
2014
On 24 August 2014, the fate of the 12 suspects were decided.
2015
Former
First Vice President of Iran,
Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
Mohammad Reza Rahimi ( fa, محمدرضا رحيمی, born on 11 January 1949) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth first vice president from 13 September 2009 until 3 August 2013. His previous posts included governor of the Kurdi ...
was convicted of "Illegal acquisition of illicit property" and
accepting bribes and was sentenced to 5 years and 91 days in prison, ordered to return 8,500,000,000 rials and fined 10,000,000,000 rials.
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