enhanced_deficit
08-16-2019, 09:35 AM
Compared to $22 Trillion US National Debt, this looks like peanuts, US MSM is wisely not making this a news headline.
U.S. Envoy 'Disturbed' By Afghan Government's Stance On Graft
August 15, 2019 19:13 GMT
By RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan
U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass has said he is "disturbed by reports" that a former bank manager convicted of multimillion-dollar fraud has been moved into house arrest from prison in exchange for allegedly making a large campaign donation to the incumbent’s presidential-election campaign.
"Countless Afghans suffered in the past decade because international assistance funds were stolen for personal gain," Bass tweeted on August 15, referring to the Kabul Bank that collapsed in 2010 after losing nearly $1 billion, mostly deposited by international donors.
Disturbed by reports the #Afghan (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afghan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) government requested early release for Kabul Bank fraud perpetrator Khalil Firozy before conclusion of his sentence. Countless Afghans suffered in the past decade because international assistance funds were stolen for personal gain. 1/2
— John R. Bass (@USAmbKabul) August 15, 2019 (https://twitter.com/USAmbKabul/status/1161986785318187009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The ambassador’s comments were prompted by local media reports that former banker Khalilullah Ferozi would continue to serve the one-year remainder of his sentence at home after donating $30 million to President Ashraf Ghani’s campaign fund.
He and the bank's founder, Sherkhan Farnood, were convicted in 2013 for their involvement in the embezzlement, while the brothers of former President Hamid Karzai were granted immunity.
https://www.rferl.org/a/us-envoy-afghanistan-corruption-ghani/30111854.html
U.S. Envoy 'Disturbed' By Afghan Government's Stance On Graft
August 15, 2019 19:13 GMT
By RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan
U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass has said he is "disturbed by reports" that a former bank manager convicted of multimillion-dollar fraud has been moved into house arrest from prison in exchange for allegedly making a large campaign donation to the incumbent’s presidential-election campaign.
"Countless Afghans suffered in the past decade because international assistance funds were stolen for personal gain," Bass tweeted on August 15, referring to the Kabul Bank that collapsed in 2010 after losing nearly $1 billion, mostly deposited by international donors.
Disturbed by reports the #Afghan (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afghan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) government requested early release for Kabul Bank fraud perpetrator Khalil Firozy before conclusion of his sentence. Countless Afghans suffered in the past decade because international assistance funds were stolen for personal gain. 1/2
— John R. Bass (@USAmbKabul) August 15, 2019 (https://twitter.com/USAmbKabul/status/1161986785318187009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The ambassador’s comments were prompted by local media reports that former banker Khalilullah Ferozi would continue to serve the one-year remainder of his sentence at home after donating $30 million to President Ashraf Ghani’s campaign fund.
He and the bank's founder, Sherkhan Farnood, were convicted in 2013 for their involvement in the embezzlement, while the brothers of former President Hamid Karzai were granted immunity.
https://www.rferl.org/a/us-envoy-afghanistan-corruption-ghani/30111854.html