The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority has initiated a number of cases of bribery and abuse of influence, affirming that it continues to monitor and apprehend anyone who encroaches on public funds or exploits their position for personal gain or to harm the public interest.

In detail, the official spokesperson 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 against the perpetrators are ongoing. The most prominent cases were as follows:

An employee working for the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in one of the regions was arrested at the moment of receiving an amount of (55,000) fifty-five thousand riyals in exchange for modifying the status of goods entering the Kingdom in an irregular manner.

In another case, two employees working for the municipality of one of the governorates were arrested for obtaining an amount of (40,000) forty thousand riyals in exchange for completing transaction procedures in an irregular manner.

An employee working for the secretariat of one of the regions was also arrested at the moment of receiving an amount of (10,000) ten thousand riyals, part of an agreed amount of (50,000) fifty thousand riyals, in exchange for completing a transaction procedure at the secretariat in an irregular manner.

Also, an employee working for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the regions was arrested at the moment of receiving an amount of (10,000) ten thousand riyals in exchange for not issuing violations against a commercial entity during his field inspections.

Additionally, an employee working for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the governorates and a citizen were arrested. The former obtained an amount of (2,500) two thousand five hundred riyals from the latter in exchange for handing over a false letter addressed to the General Directorate of Passports to cancel an absence report on a resident in order to transfer his sponsorship to the latter.

For his part, the official spokesperson of the authority confirmed that it continues to monitor and apprehend 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 employment relationship ends, as financial and administrative corruption crimes are not subject to statute of limitations. The authority is proceeding to implement what the law stipulates against violators without leniency.