Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority Initiates Several Criminal Cases

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The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority said that it has initiated a number of criminal cases during the past period, and legal procedures are being completed against the perpetrators.

The most prominent cases are as follows: The first case: A citizen (businessman) was arrested for offering an amount of 1.6 million riyals to a customs broker in exchange for facilitating the entry of two shipping containers through the Islamic Port of Jeddah containing restricted tobacco material, in return for not paying the due government customs fees on that shipment amounting to 14 million riyals. The second case: An employee working at the Ministry of Health in one of the regions was arrested for obtaining an amount of 900,000 riyals in installments in exchange for awarding several projects to a commercial entity in an irregular manner. The third case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Energy, a resident working on one of the ministry's projects was arrested upon receiving 200,000 riyals in exchange for not issuing fines and violations against a commercial entity amounting to 1.5 million riyals. The fourth case: A resident working for an engineering consulting firm and appointed as an expert by the commercial court in a commercial dispute case was arrested upon receiving 50,000 riyals out of an agreed 100,000 riyals, in exchange for preparing a technical report in favor of one of the parties to the dispute in an irregular manner. The fifth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a former military officer at the General Directorate of Passports was arrested for obtaining total financial amounts of 60,500 riyals, in exchange for completing procedures for expatriate transactions in an irregular manner. The sixth case:

An employee working at the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in one of the regions was arrested upon receiving 55,000 riyals, in exchange for modifying the status of goods entering the Kingdom in an irregular manner.

The seventh case: Two employees working at the municipality of one of the governorates were arrested for obtaining 40,000 riyals in exchange for completing transaction procedures in an irregular manner. The eighth case: An employee working at the secretariat of one of the regions was arrested upon receiving 10,000 riyals out of an agreed 50,000 riyals, in exchange for completing a transaction procedure at the secretariat in an irregular manner. The ninth case: An employee working at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the regions was arrested upon receiving 10,000 riyals, in exchange for not issuing violations against a commercial entity during his field inspections. The tenth case: An employee working at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the governorates and a citizen were arrested; the former received 2,500 riyals from the latter in exchange for handing over an incorrect letter addressed to the General Directorate of Passports to cancel an absence report for an expatriate in order to transfer his sponsorship to the latter. The eleventh case: Four employees working at the municipality of one of the governorates were arrested for employing a number of citizens related to them in an irregular manner, and disbursing salaries to a number of expatriates working in the municipality and benefiting from them in an irregular manner. The twelfth case: A resident working in a health facility was arrested for obtaining a sum of money in exchange for issuing a medical examination report and laboratory test for an expatriate without his attendance and attaching the reports via the electronic platform of the (Balady) system. The thirteenth case:

In cooperation with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, an employee working at the ministry in one of the regions was arrested for seizing a number of computers while working as a warehouse custodian for the ministry in the region. The fourteenth case: An employee working at a driving school in one of the governorates was arrested upon receiving a sum of money from a resident in exchange for completing procedures for issuing a driver's license without attending the school. The fifteenth case: The director of a periodic inspection station and an employee at the same station in one of the regions were arrested for obtaining sums of money in exchange for completing vehicle inspection procedures in an irregular manner. The official spokesperson for the authority affirmed that it continues to monitor and arrest anyone who encroaches on public funds or exploits their position for personal gain or to harm the public interest, and to hold them accountable even after their relationship with the job ends, because financial and administrative corruption crimes are not subject to statute of limitations, and the authority is proceeding to implement the provisions of the system against violators without leniency.

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