Jaber Ebdali ( fa, جابر ابدالی) is an Iranian businessman and

white-collar criminal The term "white-collar crime" refers to financially motivated, nonviolent or non-directly violent crime committed by individuals, businesses and government professionals. It was first defined by the sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1939 as "a ...

. His name became publicly known in April 2010, when MP Elyas Naderan wrote an

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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 ...

and named him as a member of "

Fatemi Circle The Fatemi Circle ( fa, حلقه فاطمی) is a nickname given to a clique of statesmen within the Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reported to have been involved in numerous corruption scandals in Iran. The clique became publicly known in ...

Iran insurance embezzlement

A key member of "

", he was convicted of embezzlement and forgery in " Iran Insurance" and is now in prison.

170 Majlis candidates controversy

In 2015, in an

to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,

claimed that during Iranian legislative election, 2008, Ebdali has paid money to 170 candidates. Immediately, 30 MPs called for the list to be publicized; however, the request was withdrawn shortly afterwards. According to

Islamic Republic News Agency The Islamic Republic News Agency ( fa, خبرگزاری جمهوری اسلامی, ''Xebergâzari-ye Jimhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye''), or IRNA, is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded on 13 November 1934 as Pars News Agency ...

, Majlis Speaker

Ali Larijani Ali Ardeshir Larijani ( fa, علی لاریجانی, ; born 3 June 1957) is an Iranian conservative politician, philosopher and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran ...

has forwarded the list of 170 MPs to Iranian Judiciary. The amount of money is reported to be about 12,000,000,000 Rials.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ebdali, Jaber 1975 births Living people Iranian businesspeople People from Khoy Iranian white-collar criminals People of the Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)