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Iraq
Ghost company to hire the unemployed caught in Baghdad
2015-01-07
[IraqiNews.com] On Tuesday, a source at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs confirmed that a ghost company hiring the unemployed was found in Baghdad.
Does anyone know what this means? I would have thought that hiring the unemployed was a good thing.
The ghost company collects a govt stipend for every unemployed guy it hires. Receipts are submitted showing x number of people hired, checks are issued or cash paid. The "company" is a P.O. box.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Inspector General's Office at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs set of a ghost company specialized to hire the unemployed in Baghdad."

The source, who asked not to be named, said, "The arrest process has been in coordination with the Ministry of the Interior."
"Stick 'em up, P.O. Box 696!"
The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs revealed on December 2, 2014 that more than thousand companies operating in Iraq are to be prosecuted.
Assuming they can be found.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Does anyone know what this means? I would have thought that hiring the unemployed was a good thing.

No, but it sounds spooky.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-01-07 12:22  

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