Anti-Corruption: Arrest of Residents, Employees, and Citizens in 15 Criminal Cases
The spokesperson for the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the authority has initiated a number of criminal cases during the past period, and legal procedures against the perpetrators are being completed. The most prominent cases are as follows;
Case One
Arrest of a businessman for offering an amount of 1,600,000 riyals to a customs broker to facilitate the entry of 'two shipping containers' through Jeddah Islamic Port containing restricted tobacco material, in exchange for not paying the government customs fees due on the shipment amounting to 14,000,000 riyals.
Case Two
Arrest of an employee at the Ministry of Health in one of the regions for receiving an amount of 900,000 riyals in installments in exchange for awarding projects to a commercial entity in an unlawful manner.
Case Three
In cooperation with the Ministry of Energy, a resident was arrested at one of the ministry's projects at the moment he received an amount of 200,000 riyals in exchange for not issuing fines and violations against a commercial entity amounting to 1,500,000 riyals.
Case Four
Arrest of a resident working for an engineering consulting office and appointed as an expert by the commercial court in a commercial dispute at the moment he received an amount of 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 unlawful manner.
Case Five
In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a former military personnel from the General Directorate of Passports was arrested for receiving financial amounts totaling 60,500 riyals, in exchange for completing transactions related to expatriates in an unlawful manner.
Case Six
Arrest of an employee at the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority in one of the regions at the moment he received an amount of 55,000 riyals, in exchange for altering the status of imported goods to the Kingdom in an unlawful manner.
Case Seven
Arrest of two employees at the municipality of one of the provinces for receiving an amount of 40,000 riyals in exchange for completing transactions in an unlawful manner.
Case Eight
Arrest of an employee in the secretariat of one of the regions at the moment he received an amount of 10,000 riyals out of an agreed 50,000 riyals, in exchange for completing a transaction in the secretariat in an unlawful manner.
Case Nine
Arrest of an employee at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the regions at the moment he received an amount of 10,000 riyals, in exchange for not issuing violations against a commercial entity during field visits.
Case Ten
Arrest of an employee at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the provinces, and a citizen, for the former receiving an amount of 2,500 riyals from the latter in exchange for delivering an incorrect letter addressed to the General Directorate of Passports to cancel an absence report on a resident in order to transfer his sponsorship.
Case Eleven
Arrest of four employees at the municipality of one of the provinces for employing citizens related to them by blood in an unlawful manner, and disbursing amounts as salaries for residents in the municipality and benefiting from them in an unlawful manner.
Case Twelve
Arrest of a resident in a health facility for receiving a sum of money in exchange for issuing a medical examination report and laboratory test for an expatriate without his presence and attaching the reports through the 'Balady' system.
Case Thirteen
In cooperation with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance, an employee of the ministry was arrested for seizing computer devices while working as a warehouse custodian for the ministry.
Case Fourteen
Arrest of an employee at a driving school in one of the provinces at the moment he received a sum of money from a resident in exchange for completing the procedures for issuing a driver's license without attending the school.
Case Fifteen
Arrest of the manager of a periodic inspection station and an employee at the station in one of the regions for receiving sums of money in exchange for completing vehicle inspection procedures in an unlawful manner.
The spokesperson affirmed that the authority continues to monitor and arrest anyone who encroaches on public funds or exploits the job to achieve personal interest or harm the public interest, and to hold them accountable even after their relationship with the job ends, as financial and administrative corruption crimes are not subject to statute of limitations, and that the authority is proceeding to apply what the system stipulates against violators without leniency.
The spokesperson for the Anti-Corruption and Integrity Commission stated that the commission has initiated a number of criminal cases during the past period, and the legal procedures against the perpetrators are ongoing. The most notable cases are as follows;
Case One
The arrest of a businessman for offering an amount of 1,600,000 riyals to one of the customs brokers to facilitate the entry of "two shipping containers" through Jeddah Islamic Port containing restricted tobacco material, in exchange for not paying the government customs fees due on the shipment amounting to 14,000,000 riyals.
Case Two
The arrest of an employee at the Ministry of Health in one of the regions for receiving an amount of 900,000 riyals in installments in exchange for awarding projects to one of the commercial entities in an unlawful manner.
Case Three
In cooperation with the Ministry of Energy, a resident was arrested at one of the ministry's projects at the moment he received an amount of 200,000 riyals in exchange for not issuing fines and violations against a commercial entity amounting to 1,500,000 riyals.
Case Four
The arrest of a resident working for an engineering consulting office and appointed as an expert by the commercial court in a commercial dispute at the moment he received an amount of 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 unlawfully.
Case Five
In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a former military personnel from the General Directorate of Passports was arrested for receiving financial amounts totaling 60,500 riyals, in exchange for completing transactions related to expatriates unlawfully.
Case Six
The arrest of an employee in the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority in one of the regions at the moment he received an amount of 55,000 riyals, in exchange for altering the status of imported goods to the Kingdom unlawfully.
Case Seven
The arrest of two employees at the municipality of one of the provinces for receiving an amount of 40,000 riyals in exchange for completing transactions unlawfully.
Case Eight
The arrest of an employee in the municipality of one of the regions at the moment he received an amount of 10,000 riyals out of an agreed 50,000 riyals, in exchange for completing a transaction in the municipality unlawfully.
Case Nine
The arrest of an employee at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the regions at the moment he received an amount of 10,000 riyals, in exchange for not issuing violations against a commercial entity during field visits.
Case Ten
Original source: Okaz
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