Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 28 / Trend F.Milad/
Iran's Prosecutor General Hojjatoleslam Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said two more suspects have been arrested over the recent $2.8 billion bank corruption case, Mehr reported.
He declined to name the two suspects, but said that the case is passing its legal stages
On October 4, Mohseni-Ejei said Iran has arrested 35 suspects regarding the embezzlement case which was described as Iran's biggest case of embezzlement ever.
The embezzlement case started in 2007 by Amir Mansour Arya Investment Company, headed by Khosravi, and progressed in 2010 after some Iranian major banks, including Bank Saderat and Bank Melli, issued loans for the company.
The Javan Daily reported that Khosravi owns 38 factories, most of which are steel factories. He had registered a company with 200 billion rials ($20 million) five years ago and had bought 230 acres of land on Kish Island and hundreds acres of land near Kashanak at the price of 16 rials (0.16 cent) per meter.
Ejei confirmed that the company's assets worth $4.2 billion were seized and bank accounts were blocked.
Iranian officials say the case involved the use of fraudulent documents to obtain credit for this investment company, one of the country's top financial institutions. The company used them to purchase assets such as state-owned companies.
