A spokesman for the judiciary said: “Valiullah Seif was sentenced to 10 years in prison, Ahmad Araghchi to 8 years and Salar Aghakhani to 13 years in prison.”
According to ISNA, the Judiciary Media Center announced: The verdict in the case of Seif, the then head of the Central Bank, Ahmad Araghchi and Salar Agakhani, regarding the disturbance of order and tranquility The country’s foreign exchange market and economic climate, as well as some mismanagement, were exported
How the mismanagement of Saif and the Iraqi led to the disruption of the foreign exchange market
Since mid-1996, when the signs of currency market fluctuations became apparent, Ahmad Araghchi, the then newly appointed Deputy Foreign Minister of the Central Bank, with the coordination of the Governor of the Central Bank, decided to manage the turbulent foreign exchange market instead of specialized and scientific measures. Introduce some amount of currency secretly and informally into the smuggling market so that it can control prices.
At this point, Meysam Khodaei, an adviser to the then-president’s office, introduces a man named Salar Aga Khani, a young man born in the 70’s and inexperienced in this field, to Iraq, to take responsibility for selling currency in the informal market in secret.
It turns out later that God took large bribes from the Aga Khan to do this.
The Aga Khan thus entered into cooperation with the Central Bank and so-called engaged in tomorrow’s transactions in the informal foreign exchange market, which was declared illegal by the Central Bank at that time.
To enter this task, the Aga Khani first deposits 20 million dirhams in the Central Bank account as a deposit and a guarantee, which will be returned to him after 2 weeks by the order of the Iraqi!
Thus, in an opaque and illegal process, which, of course, with the knowledge of Seif, the Governor of the Central Bank, between 5 and 8 million dollars of the country’s valuable foreign exchange resources were given to the Aga Khan at each stage, and this process continues for a total of 28 stages. / p>
Consequences of Central Bank wrong decision
The wrong decision of the Central Bank not only does not help to control the price of foreign currency, but also causes the irregular smuggling of foreign currency out of Iran and wastes about 160 million dollars and 20 million euros from the country’s foreign exchange resources.
The Aga Khan not only in a completely monopolistic and illegal action gave the currency received from the Central Bank to only 15 exchange offices instead of distributing it among about 600 official exchange offices in the country, but also poured a significant part of it into the pockets of brokers and smugglers. In the meantime, the real consumer of the foreign exchange market has not benefited from this country’s capital.
The Central Bank, despite knowing how the Aga Khan distributed currency, did not take any action and in fact ignored these violations.
Aga Khani receives foreign currency from the Central Bank in 28 stages, in which only 6 stages of monitoring agents were present, and in other stages almost no monitoring was carried out on his actions, and the whole process of pricing, delivery, sale and settlement of government currency He has been in charge of himself with the Central Bank, which is one of the important mistakes of Saif and other managers of the Central Bank in this case.
Another strange point is that, after the arrest of the Aga Khan, the Central Bank sent an official letter to the judiciary asking for his release. In that letter, wrong information is given to the judicial authorities and the Central Bank tries to change the course of the case, and the compiler of that letter is one of the convicts in this case.
Finally, it was on August 4, 1998 that the first hearing of the case of the currency disruptors related to the Central Bank was held in the second branch of the Special Court for Economic Corruption. Following the proceedings and judicial proceedings, the court ruled in favor of the defendants in the above case.
The then head of the Central Bank was sentenced to 10 years in prison, Ahmad Araghchi to 8 years and Salar Aghakhani to 13 years in prison
Zabihullah Khodaeian, the spokesman of the Judiciary, today (October 15) announced the verdicts as follows:
The first-degree defendant, Waliullah Seif, the then head of the Central Bank, was accused of disturbing the order and tranquility of the country’s foreign exchange market and paving the way for the illegal sale and purchase of foreign currency in the amount of 159 million and 800 thousand dollars and 20 million and 500 thousand euros. He was also sentenced to 10 years in prison for negligence and mismanagement during his tenure.
The second defendant, Seyyed Ahmad Araghchi, the then Deputy Foreign Minister of the Central Bank, was also sentenced to eight years in prison on the same charges.
The third defendant, Salar Agakhani, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for illegally buying and selling foreign currency, as well as paying bribes to Meysam Khodaei, an employee of the then Presidential Institution, and Seyed Rasoul Sajjad, the then International Director of the Central Bank.
Meysam Khodaei, one of the other defendants in this case, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined equivalent to the price of money received and permanently suspended from government services on charges of receiving bribes and participating in the illegal sale and purchase of currency.
Seyyed Rasoul Sajjad, the then international director of the Central Bank’s foreign exchange department, is one of the other defendants in the case. And sentenced to permanent dismissal from government service
The case involved a total of 10 defendants, including some other central bank officials who have been sentenced to prison, while some of these defendants have other cases pending before the judiciary.
It is worth mentioning that the sentences issued for these convicts are final and binding.
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