Alleged graft cases referred to prosecutor

AMMAN — The Jordan Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission’s (JIACC) council has referred new cases to the integrity and anti-corruption prosecutor over suspected graft, a JIACC source said on Sunday.

The cases included counterfeiting, abuse of public office, wasting public money and other legal breaches, the source told the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

One case was registered in the Yarmouk Water Company, where it is alleged illegal payments of thousands of dinars were made to the head and members of the tender committee. 

Job contracts with high salaries were also reportedly signed at the company, while other breaches were reported in appointing employees and referring tenders, according to the anonymous source. 

The JIACC council also referred to the prosecutor employees at the Income and Sales Tax Department, who work as production monitors at a tobacco company. 

They are alleged to have stolen quantities of cigarettes produced by the company, benefiting from their government positions.

Another case was registered at the Mafraq Labour Directorate, where some employees reportedly used forged statements to facilitate the hiring of guest workers, sometimes using these documents multiple times, the source told Petra.

Separately, the council referred a case to the prosecutor after detecting violations in the tender for the construction of the University of Jordan’s Centre for Documents, Manuscripts and Bilad Al Sham studies, where the contractor received a sum of money that exceeded the agreed-upon amount. 

The council also noted a case that included a suspected violation by a former president of the Balqa Applied University, who is alleged to have appointed an assistant in a manner that contravened regulations.