The Heist of the Century
Who's who

Key Figures

Names appearing on official documents and reports — role, documented acts, testimony, and status today.

Nour Zuhair Jassim (al-Mudhaffar)

Businessman; owner/controller of all five recipient companies; registered MD of al-Qanit and al-Mubdioon.

Status today
Free, outside Iraq.

Shaker Mahmoud al-Zubaidi

GCT director general Jan 2020 – Aug 2021; co-mastermind per this investigation's assessment.

Status today
Never charged; outside Iraq.

Abdul Mahdi Tawfeeq · Mohammad Falah · Hussein Kawa · Abdul Rahman M. Ibrahim · Moumen Abdulkareem

Managing directors, bank signatories and cheque recipients of the five shells — relatives and employees of Nour Zuhair acting as fronts.

Status today
Technically charged; fled; not seriously pursued.

Samir Abdul Hadi Qasim

Deputy DG, then acting DG (5 Aug – 24 Sep 2021).

Status today
Named in parliamentary findings; judicial status to be confirmed. [S11]

Osama Husam Jawdat

Acting DG from 30 Sep 2021 through the theft's industrial phase.

Status today
Imprisoned (10-year sentence reported for "former tax authority head" — identity being confirmed). [M16]

Abdul Sattar Hashim Ali

Deputy DG — the counter-example.

Status today
Signed the report; remained in service.

GCT Finance Department signatories

Director, deputy, and trusts section head — signatories on the 247 cheques.

Status today
To be documented.

Belal Sabah al-Hamdani · Abdul Hasan Jamal

Rafidain Bank acting DG (Mar–Dec 2021) and DG (from Dec 2021).

Status today
Never charged.

Widad Jabbar Mariyosh

Rafidain Tax Authority branch manager.

Status today
Reported pressure; witness.

Federal Integrity Commission

Federal anti-corruption body.

Status today
No official held to account.

Central Bank of Iraq — AML directorate

Anti-money-laundering supervisor.

Status today
No CBI official ever charged.

Hadi al-Amiri / Badr Organisation

Political patron; head of Badr.

Status today
Never investigated.

Haitham al-Jubouri

Chair, Parliamentary Finance Committee (2021).

Status today
Sentenced in absentia; whereabouts unclear.

Mohammed al-Halbousi

Speaker of Parliament (until 2023).

Status today
Out of office; not investigated on this file.

Judge Diaa Jaafar

Karkh integrity court judge.

Status today
Still on the bench.

Faiq Zaidan

Head of the Supreme Judicial Council.

Status today
Still in post.

Raed Jouhi · Mushriq Abbas · Ahmed Najati

Kadhimi-office figures charged in 2023.

Status today
Charges and outcomes contested.

Dr Ali Allawi

Minister of Finance, May 2020 – 16 Aug 2022.

Status today
Fully cleared; travels to Iraq freely.

Ihsan Abdul Jabbar

Acting Minister of Finance, Aug–Oct 2022.

Status today
Cleared; out of office.

Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Prime Minister (2020–2022).

Status today
Out of office.

The advisor to the Minister of Finance

Relayed the 2021 warnings and pressed for the 4 Nov order.

Status today
Outside Iraq.

The unnamed honest

Whistle-blowers, auditors and staff who made the uncovering possible.

Status today
Protected.