Anti-graft agency outlines progress in several cases

AMMAN — The Anti Corruption Commission on Tuesday said it has asked United Arab Emirates officials to freeze the assets of an Emirati company which alleged it was going to set up investments in Jordan and turned out to be a fraud.

The ACC said the measure is in line with international procedures adopted in such cases.

Moreover, the ACC council referred board members of a holding company to the prosecutor general for financial, administrative and legal violations.

These included the leasing of 48 company trucks, worth JD4 million, that all left for Iraq and never returned.

Investigation showed that the first payment in the truck-leasing deal was made with a fake cheque.

The ACC also referred another case of corruption to the prosecutor general which involved the embezzlement of a health insurance fund of a major public shareholding company.

The assets of the prime suspects were frozen and they have been banned from leaving the country.