The Heist of the Century
Accountability

Accountability Tracker

A living scoreboard: who signed, who exposed, who walks free, and where they are now.

The scoreboard

Nour Zuhair Jassim
Role

Owner of all five recipient companies; received ~43% per PM Sudani

Outcome

Arrested 24 Oct 2022; bailed on settlement; sentenced in absentia 10y (Nov 2024); covered by 2025 amnesty settlement

Where now

Free, outside Iraq

Shaker Mahmoud al-Zubaidi
Role

Ordered BSA removal; co-mastermind (investigative assessment)

Outcome

Never charged

Where now

Outside Iraq Testimony

Osama Husam Jawdat
Role

Signed confirmations; concealed the ban; misled the Minister

Outcome

Imprisoned; 10y sentence reported

Where now

Prison Testimony

Samir Abdul Hadi Qasim
Role

Circulated BSA removal; signed Phase 1–2 confirmations

Outcome

Named in parliamentary findings; status unconfirmed

Where now

TBC

GCT cheque signatories
Role

Signed 247 cheques

Outcome

TBC — names being compiled

Where now

TBC

The five frontmen
Role

Cashed the cheques

Outcome

Technically charged; not pursued

Where now

Fled Iraq Testimony

Belal Sabah al-Hamdani
Role

Rafidain acting DG during the theft

Outcome

Never charged

Where now

Testimony

Abdul Hasan Jamal
Role

Rafidain DG; ignored AML warnings

Outcome

Never charged

Where now

Testimony

CBI AML officials
Role

No action on flagged flows

Outcome

Never charged

Where now

Testimony

Haitham al-Jubouri
Role

Engineered the BSA removal

Outcome

Sentenced in absentia 3y (2024)

Where now

Outside Iraq

Hadi al-Amiri / Badr
Role

Protection layer (testimony; Guardian)

Outcome

Never investigated

Where now

In office Testimony

Mohammed al-Halbousi
Role

Parliament vote removing the acting FM, 11 Oct 2022

Outcome

Not investigated in this case; Speakership ended by court 2023

Where now

Press record

Raed Jouhi
Role

Kadhimi office director

Outcome

Sentenced in absentia 6y (2024)

Where now

Outside Iraq

Mushriq Abbas, Ahmed Najati
Role

Kadhimi office

Outcome

Warrants 2023; Najati exculpated by the advisor's testimony

Where now

Testimony

Dr Ali Allawi
Role

The minister whose ban would have stopped it

Outcome

Charged 2023 → returned, demanded evidence → charges dropped

Where now

Cleared; travels freely Testimonypending documentation

Ihsan Abdul Jabbar
Role

Commissioned the investigation

Outcome

Removed by Parliament 11 Oct 2022; later warrants reported

Where now

TBC Press record

The advisor to the finance minister
Role

Uncovered and documented the theft

Outcome

Left Iraq 11 Oct 2022

Where now

Abroad Testimony

The recovery ledger

Documented figures only.

  • IQD 182.7 billion returned (Nov 2022). Press record

  • USD 125 million displayed as first tranche (Nov 2022).

  • Nour Zuhair admitted receiving IQD 1.618 trillion per court reporting.

  • Everything else: unrecovered. No official comprehensive recovery statement since. The Cleary Gottlieb tracing assignment (10 Oct 2022) was not pursued by the incoming government. Testimony

The pattern

Those who signed, cleared, protected and profited were bailed, amnestied, ignored or never touched. Those who exposed the theft were removed, charged, and driven abroad. The tracker exists so this asymmetry remains documented, current, and impossible to forget. When an ethical prosecution becomes possible in Iraq, this page is its file.

The 2024 judicial crisis

Case files reportedly inaccessible with Judge Diaa Jaafar; public conflict between the judiciary and Integrity Commission head Haider Hanoun; "big names" reported vanished after bail; the judge who bailed the principal also handled — and dropped — the case against the former minister. Press recordTestimony

The US dimension

From November 2022 the advisor briefed senior US officials with the evidence. Testimony Subsequently: the Federal Reserve/Treasury restricted dozens of Iraqi banks from dollar transactions; K2 Integrity was engaged to vet CBI transfers; financier Ali Ghulam's three banks were barred and Ghulam later sanctioned — he contests the sanctions from London. The direct link between these banks and the heist proceeds is this investigation's assessment; the sanctions record is documented. Press recordTestimony

Updates

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Updated continuously. Last verified: July 2026.