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and named him as a member of "

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Iran insurance embezzlement

A key member of "

", he was convicted of

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and forgery in " Iran Insurance" and is now in prison.

170 Majlis candidates controversy

In 2015, in an

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claimed that during Iranian legislative election, 2008, Ebdali has paid money to 170 candidates. Immediately, 30 MPs called for the list to be publicized; however, the request was withdrawn shortly afterwards. According to

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, Majlis Speaker

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has forwarded the list of 170 MPs to Iranian Judiciary. The amount of money is reported to be about 12,000,000,000

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ebdali, Jaber 1975 births Living people 21st-century Iranian businesspeople People from Khoy Iranian white-collar criminals People of the Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)