The seventh judicial panel specialized in examining corruption offenses at the Amman Court of First Instance, headed by Judge Suleiman Al-Hawasheh and with the membership of Judge Muhammad Al-Tarawneh, has completed its consideration of the case of a public shareholding company losing funds estimated by experts at 66 million dinars, in which 19 persons are accused, and the convicts’ sentences reached up to 12 years in prison.

The court issued its decision today, Thursday, during a public session in the presence of the Public Prosecutor of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhammad Bani Taha, after 12 years of considering the case, in which the number of defendants reached 19, and included 50 thousand papers, and it heard more than 30 witnesses.

In its decision, which was contained in 806 pages, the court concluded that the chairman of the company’s board of directors and his son, who held the position of CEO, were convicted of the crime of investing in the public position and interfering with its investment, and the lawsuit was dropped against 5 others after they made a reconciliation with the company and paid the required sums from them, and a declaration of non-responsibility A number of the defendants in the case and the charges dropped from the rest because their crimes were included in the general amnesty.

The court decided to place the Chairman of the Board of Directors in temporary work for a period of 10 years and fine him an amount of 46 million dinars and 55 thousand dinars, and put his son in temporary work for a period of 12 years and fine him an amount of 49 million dinars and about 600 thousand dinars.

The court obliged the first and second convicts in the case, who are the chairman of the board of directors and his son, to pay the sums that the company lost due to their violation of the law, which amounted to 52 million dinars.

The Public Prosecution Office of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission charged the defendants with five counts: investment in public office, fraud, interference in investment in public office, neglect of job duties, and interference in fraud.

The criminalization decision stated that the convicts in the case violated the law and caused the company to suffer a financial loss, which experts estimated at 66 million dinars, and the Public Prosecutor limited it to 54 million dinars.

The decision indicated that, according to the Economic Crimes Law, the funds of the public shareholding company are considered public funds, and the chairman of its board of directors, members of the board of directors, and employees are considered public servants.