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Panel to investigate suspected embezzlement at Labour Ministry

By Petra - Feb 12,2014 - Last updated at Feb 12,2014

AMMAN — The Lower House’s Financial Committee, chaired by Deputy Mohammad Saudi, continued on Wednesday with its review of the Audit Bureau report on Ministry of Labour violations, in the presence of Labour Minister Nidal Katamine.

According to Saudi, the report revealed a suspected embezzlement of JD370,000 by one of the accountants at the Labour Ministry office in Duleil in 2007, noting that irregularities were found when comparing the collected revenues with the bank deposits.

The office received around JD2.3 million in revenues but only deposited around JD1.9 million in the bank.

A joint committee comprising representatives of the ministry and the Audit Bureau was formed to go through the deposit records.

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