| Iran Insurance embezzlement case | |
|---|---|
| Court | Supreme Court of Iran, Branch 32 |
| Decided | August 24, 2014 |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | Tehran Province Crime Court, Branch 76 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Judge Modir-Khorasani Judge Zabihizadeh Judge Mohammadi-Kashkouli |
| Keywords | |
The Iran Insurance embezzlement case refers to an embezzlement scandal within the state-owned Iran Insurance Company, publicized in November 2010. Key figures behind the scandal included a clique of statesmen within the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, known as the Fatemi Circle. The case was controversially appealed at the same time with 2011 Iranian embezzlement scandal.
On 24 August 2014, the fate of the 12 suspects were decided.
| # | Name | Conviction | Prison | Money Return (Rials) | Fine (Rials) | Other penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostafa Hamzeh-Nosi | forming embezzlement network forgery |
Life sentence | 33,296,089,620 | 64,092,179,240 | banned for life from government work |
| 2 | Davoud Fahimi-Roudposhti | forming embezzlement network forgery |
Life sentence | 35,796,089,920 | 66,592,172,240 | banned for life from government work |
| 3 | Badiollah Kiani | forming embezzlement network forgery |
25 years | 10,750,574,330 | 61,592,179,240 | banned for life from government work |
| 4 | Jaber Abdali | forming embezzlement network forgery |
15 years | 18,500,000,000 | 37,000,000,000 | |
| 5 | Mohammad-Taghi Tavakkoli | bribe taking | 8 years | — | 1,000,000,000 | banned from government work |
| 6 | Ali Jalil | bribe taking | 5 years | — | 7,000,000,000 | |
| 7 | Shahriar Khosravi | bribe taking | 9 years | — | 5,000,000,000 | |
| 8 | Mahmoud Bagheri-Zamani | contribution in embezzlement | 1½ years | 1,390,000,000 | 2,780,000,000 | |
| 9 | Iraj Abdolhamidi | assisting embezzlement | 1 year | 135,000,000 | 270,000,000 | |
| 10 | Fariborz Farid-Danesh | assisting embezzlement and forgery | ½ year | 980,500,000 | 1,861,000,000 | |
| 11 | Davoud Sarkhosh-Shahri | bribe taking | 3 years | 1,700,000,000 | — | |
| 12 | Yousef-Ali Darounparvar | 11 years | — | — |
Former First Vice President of Iran, Mohammad-Reza Rahimi was convicted of "Illegal acquisition of illicit property" and accepting bribes and was sentenced to 5 years and 91 days in prison, ordered to return 8,500,000,000 rials and fined 10,000,000,000 rials.
