An official source in the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the Authority has initiated several criminal cases lately, and legal procedures against the accused are underway.
The most prominent cases were:
1st case: A retired citizen from a partially state-owned company was arrested for, during his work, misusing his position by leaking information about the products of the company to contracting companies in exchange for receiving 34,900,000 SR in installments, as well as establishing commercial entities under the names of his relatives, in addition to issuing fake invoices via those commercial entities to receive and transfer the forementioned amount to his own bank accounts inside and outside the Kingdom.
2nd case: A gang consisting of 3 officers working at a police station in one of the governorates, and 2 residents of Arab nationalities working for a commercial entity registered under the name of the son of one of the officers, were arrested, for paying 1,300,000 SR in cash, in exchange for allowing a container of prohibited cargo (fireworks) to enter the Kingdom through a seaport.
3rd case: Head of a center affiliated to one of the governorates was arrested, for receiving 435,000 SR and 2 cars in exchange for employing his brother in the center.
4th case: 5 residents were arrested for offering money to a bank employee in exchange for depositing 7,215,965 in cash.
5th case: An engineer of an Arab nationality working in a company was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 115,000 SR out of a promised 500,000 SR in exchange for following up on the financial disbursements of a subcontracting company that operates and maintains the safety and fire systems of the Holy Mosque with the promise of awarding them other contracts.
6th case: An employee in a university was arrested for receiving 107,000 SR from a resident of an Arab nationality who owns a company in the Kingdom in exchange for enabling the company to obtain contracts from the university with a value of 8,185,000 SR.
7th case: Head of the Administrative and Financial Affairs in the Health Affairs in one of the regions, and an employee were arrested for the involvement of the first in illegally issuing and sharing a check of 95,000 SR with the second.
8th case: A citizen and a resident were arrested for paying 60,000 SR to an employee of the Criminal Evidence Department in one of the regions, in exchange for tampering with a paternity proof paperwork.
9th case: 3 residents of an Arab nationality were arrested, for being caught in the act of offering 7,700 SR to a bank employee in exchange for facilitating the deposit of 1,403,000 SR.
10th case: 2 officers and a resident of an Asian nationality working at the Armed Forces Hospital in one of the regions were arrested, for selling medicines without prescription from the hospital’s warehouse.
11th case: An employee of the Ministry of Transport and Logistic Services in one of the regions was arrested, for receiving money in exchange for issuing a letter addressed to the General Court which includes incorrect information pertaining to the Ministry having no dispute over a site that belongs to one of the citizens, even though there is a road project on the same location.
12th case: An officer in the Traffic department in one of the regions was arrested for receiving money for each truck to pass at peak hours.
13th case: A municipality employee in one of the governorates was arrested, for being caught in the act of receiving money from a citizen in exchange for facilitating the official paperwork and leaking municipality documents.
Nazaha affirms on the continuation to pursue anyone who exploits the public office to achieve personal gain or harm public interest in any way, and that the accountability extends far beyond the retirement of individuals, as these types of crimes have no statute of limitations. The Authority will continue to apply the law, with zero-tolerance against corruption.