If you read the article, you'd see he was sentenced to 10 years in jail (and some of his 'colleagues' also received custodial sentences) and they're beginning the slow process of clawing back some of his assets.
The real issue is that "officials in Baghdad continue to defend the A.D.E. 651" - either through embarrassment at being conned, or simply because they believe in it.
if you ask me (even if you don't), he has blood of hundreds on his hands. i wouldn't mind such people being executed, in some "human" way. i don't believe it serves much as deterrent for others, just simply permanent removal from our society, into which such persons bring only heaps of negative stuff... plenty of people on the planet and more coming every second, no need to cherish every ahole out there. rather put resources where they actually help
No seriously, this is an horrible story. I hope thy all end in jail. Karma will take care of the rest.