Full Name Jaber Abdali Other names "Mr. Special" | Residence Tehran, Iran Criminal status Convicted Name Jaber Abdali | |
Criminal penalty 15 years in prisonReturn of 18.5 billion RialsFined 37.5 billion Rials Conviction(s) Embezzlement and Forgery |
Jaber Ebdali (Persian: جابر ابدالی) is an Iranian businessman and white-collar criminal. His name became publicly known in April 2010, when MP Elyas Naderan wrote an open letter to Mohammad Reza Rahimi and named him as a member of "Fatemi Circle".
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Iran Insurance Embezzlement
A key member of "Fatemi Circle", he was convicted of embezzlement and forgery in "Iran Insurance" and is now in prison.
170 Majlis candidates controversy
In 2015, in an open letter to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Reza Rahimi 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 Immediately, 30 MPs called for the list to be publicized; however, the request was withdrawn shortly afterwards.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 Islamic Republic News Agency, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has forwarded the list of 170 MPs to Iranian Judiciary. The amount of money is reported to be about 12,000,000,000 Rials.