The Public Funds Prosecution has launched an investigation into a new case of about 50 million dinars, related to suspicions of embezzlement at the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS).
The sources told Al-Rai daily that the case “is related to the continued payment of salaries to Gulf people who died many years ago and the use of forged powers of attorney in their names,” indicating that “the prosecution began interrogating witnesses in preparation for listing the names of the accused,” expecting that “the case’s interrogations will include current and former officials in the institution.”
The sources described the case as “a major scandal, due to the absence of oversight, auditing and updating of data, especially since there are people who died years ago and whose full pensions are still unjustly paid to them.”
The sources indicated that “the Public Prosecution requested investigations about those involved in this case, identifying the most accurate details and listing the names of those responsible for making the decision in preparation for summoning and interrogating them,” indicating that “the Public Prosecution is tending to freeze the balances of accounts registered in the names of the deceased and the amounts transferred from their accounts to the accounts of other beneficiaries.”
