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:

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 broker in exchange for facilitating the entry of two shipping containers through the Jeddah Islamic Port, containing restricted imports of tobacco, and avoiding payment of the due government customs fees on that shipment amounting to (14,000,000) fourteen million riyals.

Second case:

A Ministry of Health employee in one of the regions was arrested for receiving an amount of (900,000) nine hundred thousand riyals in installments in exchange for illegally awarding several projects to a commercial entity.

Third case:

In cooperation with the Ministry of Energy, a resident working on one of the ministry’s projects was arrested upon 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.

Fourth case:

A resident working for an engineering consultancy office, appointed as an expert by the commercial court in a commercial dispute case, was arrested upon 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 dispute parties in an illegal manner.

Fifth case:

In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a former military officer in the General Directorate of Passports was arrested for receiving financial amounts totaling (60,500) sixty thousand five hundred riyals, in exchange for completing procedures for expatriates' transactions in an illegal manner.

Sixth case:

An employee of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in one of the regions was arrested upon 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.

Seventh case:

Two employees working for the municipality of one of the governorates were arrested for receiving an amount of (40,000) forty thousand riyals in exchange for completing procedures for transactions in an illegal manner.

Eighth case:

An employee of the secretariat of one of the regions was arrested upon 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.

Ninth case:

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

Tenth case:

An employee of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the governorates and a citizen were arrested, as the former received 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 a report of absence for an expatriate, with the aim of transferring his sponsorship to the latter.

Eleventh case:

Four employees working at the municipality of one of the governorates were arrested for illegally hiring a number of citizens related to them, and disbursing salaries to a number of expatriates working in the municipality and benefiting from them in an illegal manner.

Twelfth case:

A resident working in a health facility was arrested 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 via the electronic platform of the Balady system.

Thirteenth case:

In cooperation with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, an employee of 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.

Fourteenth case:

An employee of a driving school in one of the governorates was arrested upon receiving a sum of money from an expatriate in exchange for completing procedures for issuing a driving license without attending the school.

Fifteenth case:

The director of a periodic inspection station and an employee at the same station in one of the regions were arrested for receiving sums of money in exchange for completing vehicle inspection procedures in an illegal manner.

The official spokesman of the authority affirmed that it continues to monitor and apprehend anyone who encroaches on public funds or exploits their position for personal interest or to 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 with the application of the legal provisions against violators without leniency.