The official spokesman of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the authority has initiated a number of criminal cases during the past period, and legal procedures are being completed against their perpetrators. The most prominent cases are as follows: The first case: A citizen (businessman) was arrested for offering an amount of (1,600,000) one million six hundred thousand riyals to a customs clearance agent in exchange for facilitating the entry of "two shipping containers" at the Islamic Port of Jeddah containing restricted (tobacco), to avoid paying the government customs duties due on that shipment amounting to (14,000,000) fourteen million riyals. The second case: A Ministry of Health employee in one of the regions was arrested for obtaining an amount of (900,000) nine hundred thousand riyals in installments in exchange for awarding a number of projects to a commercial entity in an illegal manner. The third case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Energy, a resident working on one of the ministry's projects was caught receiving an amount of (200,000) two hundred thousand riyals in exchange for not issuing fines and violations against a commercial entity amounting to (1,500,000) one million five hundred thousand riyals. The fourth case: A resident working for an engineering consulting office and appointed as an expert by the commercial court in a commercial dispute case was caught receiving an amount of (50,000) fifty thousand riyals out of an agreed amount of (100,000) one hundred thousand riyals, in exchange for preparing a technical report in favor of one of the parties to the dispute in an illegal manner. The fifth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a former military officer from the General Directorate of Passports was arrested for obtaining sums of money totaling (60,500) sixty thousand five hundred riyals, in exchange for completing procedures for expatriate transactions in an illegal manner. The sixth case: An employee working for the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in one of the regions was caught receiving an amount of (55,000) fifty-five thousand riyals, in exchange for modifying the status of goods entering the Kingdom in an illegal manner. The seventh case: Two employees working for the municipality of one of the provinces were arrested for obtaining an amount of (40,000) forty thousand riyals in exchange for completing transaction procedures in an illegal manner. The eighth case: An employee working for the secretariat of one of the regions was caught receiving an amount of (10,000) ten thousand riyals out of an agreed amount of (50,000) fifty thousand riyals, in exchange for completing a transaction procedure in the secretariat in an illegal manner. The ninth case: An employee working for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the regions was caught receiving an amount of (10,000) ten thousand riyals, in exchange for not issuing violations against a commercial entity during his field inspections. The tenth case: An employee working for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the provinces and a citizen were arrested for the former obtaining an amount of (2,500) two thousand five hundred 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 with the aim of transferring his sponsorship to the latter. The eleventh case: Four employees working for the municipality of one of the provinces were arrested for illegally employing a number of citizens related to them, and disbursing salaries to a number of resident workers in the municipality and benefiting from them in an illegal 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 presence and attaching the reports via the electronic platform of the (Balady) system. The thirteenth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, an employee working for the ministry in one of the regions was arrested for seizing a number of computer devices while serving as the ministry's warehouse keeper in the region. The fourteenth case: An employee working at a driving school in one of the provinces was caught 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 illegal manner. The official spokesman of the authority emphasized that it continues to monitor and arrest anyone who encroaches on public funds or exploits their 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 the authority is proceeding to implement the provisions of the law against violators without leniency.

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