The Supreme Disciplinary Court has ruled to punish 8 officials of the Sales Tax Authority after it is proven that they have tampered with the payment of the monetary compensation to the employees referred to the pension in excess of what they are legally entitled to.
The court affirmed, in the reasons for its ruling, that all the defendants had gone out of office duty, did not perform the work entrusted to them accurately and honestly, did not preserve the funds of their employer, violated financial rules and provisions, and fell short in performing their work, which resulted in prejudice to public money.
According to the papers of Case No. 144 of 57 of the Supreme Judicial Year that (Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar Singer, Samah Sadiq Al-Sayed and Mrs. Abdel Salam Ibrahim) employees of the Benefits Department in North Cairo at the Sales Tax Authority prepared forms for the payment of the cash consideration for the balance of the leave allowance for 11 cases of the pensioners and the heirs of the deceased It included more than the legally entitled unlawful, totaling 252,000 pounds.
And Abd al-Rahman Sayed Salih, Director of the Entitlements Department, neglected the supervision and follow-up of the defendants ’actions, from the first to the third, which led to their committing the offenses attributed to them.
It was found that Siddiqi Muhammad Yusuf, the auditor, neglected to review the forms, which led to the disbursement of these sums unjustly and in violation of the laws.
The ruling came that Nabila Ibrahim Abdel Hamid, the accounts agent, and Tahani Abdel Haseeb Attia, the accounts manager and Iman Ali Muhammad, the accounts agent - agreed to disburse the monetary consideration for the leave balance contained in the financial forms, even though they included amounts that exceeded the legally due amount in a total amount of 252 thousand pounds, Which resulted in damage to public money.
The court concluded that each of Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar Sanjar, Samah Sadiq Al-Sayed, and Mrs. Abd Al-Salam Ibrahim were punished by the suspension from work for a period of three months with the payment of half the wage, and each of Abdel-Rahman Syed Saleh, his friend Muhammad Yusef and Iman Ali Muhammad was punished with a one-month suspension from work. Half of the wage was paid, and Nabila Ibrahim Abdel Hamid and Tahani Abdul Hasib Attia were given a fine, which is equivalent to the basic wage they each receive per month at the end of their service.
The ruling was issued under the leadership of Counselor Muhammad Hassan Mubarak, Vice President of the State Council, and the membership of Advisors Muhammad Jaber and Mabrouk Hajjaj, two Vice-Presidents of the Council.