An official source in the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the Authority initiated (123) criminal cases lately, most prominent of which were as follow:
The first case: The arrest of a an employee of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority and the head of the encroachment department in a governorate’s municipality and a citizen for manipulating one of the cases involving the citizen whose a relative to the first accused and the municipality employee in order to preserve the case.
The second case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, the cancellation of two deeds of a total area of (169.233,000 square meters) in one of the governorates, which were issued in an irregular manner, and an arrest of a judge (former member of the Shura Council), a former governorate undersecretary, a former officer with the rank of brigadier general, lawyer , and three citizens for their involvement in issuing these deeds and for obtaining part of the land in return.
The third case: the arrest of a former officer with the rank of a Lieutenant General in one of the ministries and a director of one of the foreign contractual companies with the ministry, for the reason that the first was involved during his work in obtaining sums of money amounting to (400.000.000) riyals in exchange for awarding projects in favor of that company and other companies, and using his bank accounts outside the Kingdom to receive these sums and transferring them inside the Kingdom, as well as making sales of real estate inside the Kingdom with higher prices that do not equate to their purchasing value.
The fourth case: The arrest of a faculty member in a university and an employee in a court for the wrongdoing of the second accused of adding (27) documents to an existing case against the first with the aim of manipulating the case in favor of the first.
The fifth case: In cooperation with the Public Prosecution, two employees in the public prosecution and an employee in Ministry of Commerce, and citizens (mediators) were arrested for requesting an amount of (5.300.000) riyals in exchange for ending a case pending at the Public Prosecution and the Ministry of Commerce branch in one of the governorates.
The sixth case: In cooperation with the Presidency of State Security, an officer with the rank of brigadier general, colonel and a non-commissioned officer working in one of the military sectors were arrested for obtaining sums of money in exchange for exempting some employees from official working hours and accepting new recruits for military courses.
The seventh case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, (the General Traffic Department), an employee and a non-commissioned officer working at the traffic department of one of the regions and a civil employee were arrested. The first and second accused were arrested for the replacement of vehicle plates in an irregular manner in exchange for an amount of (1400) riyals for each, and the total amount obtained by the first and second from the third is an amount of (1.400.000) riyals during a one month period.
The eighth case: the arrest of an employee working for the Ministry of Health in one of the regions and an employee of a contracting company with the Ministry to recruit security guards for one of the sites. The first was arrested for requesting an amount of (450.000) riyals and employing a group of his acquaintances with the second in exchange for non-compliance with the terms of the contract.
The ninth case: the arrest of an engineer in the National Water Company and two residents working for a contracting company to implement one of the projects of the National Water Company, where the first accused requested by the mediation of the two residents, an amount of (100.000) riyals in exchange for amending the notes in the receipt of one of the executed projects.
The tenth case: The arrest of a former director of a public hospital in one of the regions for having enabled an institution belonging to one of his relatives to obtain projects for a total amount of (1.498.000) riyals in an irregular manner.
The eleventh case: Four employees of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture were arrested in a governorate while they received an amount of (73.500) riyals in exchange for manipulating one of the auctions in the Ministry.
The Authority affirms on the continuation to pursue anyone who exploits the public office to achieve personal gain or harm the public interest in any way possible, and that it is continuing to hold the negligent parties accountable and apply what the law rules against them with no tolerance.
The Authority also appreciates the efforts of government entities in fighting financial and administrative corruption and the development of policies and procedures that promote speedy achievements which shut any inlets for corruption, and it commends the cooperation of those entities and the media on their effort in promoting integrity, transparency and fighting corruption, and it would like as well to thank the citizens and residents in reporting to it through its available channels, including the toll free number (980) for any practices involving financial or administrative corruption that would undermine the efforts of the government to support and promote the path of comprehensive development in light of Vision 2030. It also extends its thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and HRH the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz - may Allah protect them - for the unlimited support to the Authority in order to exercise its jurisdiction and perform its tasks in fighting financial and administrative corruption in all its forms and manifestations.