The official spokesman of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Commission stated that the Commission 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 (a businessman) was arrested for offering an amount of (1,600,000) one million six hundred thousand riyals to a customs broker in exchange for facilitating the entry procedures of "two shipping containers" through the Jeddah Islamic Port containing (tobacco), whose import is restricted, in return for not paying the due government customs duties on that shipment amounting to (14,000,000) fourteen million riyals. Second case: An employee working at the Ministry of Health in one of the regions was arrested for receiving an amount of (900,000) nine hundred thousand riyals in installments in exchange for awarding a number of projects to one of the commercial entities in an irregular manner. Third case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Energy, a resident working on one of the ministry's projects was arrested at the moment of 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 consulting office and appointed as an expert by the Commercial Court in a commercial dispute case was arrested at the moment of receiving an amount of (50,000) fifty thousand riyals out of a total 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 irregular manner. Fifth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a former military officer at 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 transactions related to expatriates in an irregular manner. Sixth case: An employee working at 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. Seventh case: Two employees working at the municipality of one of the governorates were arrested for receiving an amount of (40,000) forty thousand riyals in exchange for completing transaction procedures in an irregular manner. Eighth case: An employee working at the secretariat of one of the regions was arrested at the moment of receiving an amount of (10,000) ten thousand riyals out of a total agreed amount of (50,000) fifty thousand riyals, in exchange for completing a transaction procedure at the secretariat in an irregular manner. Ninth case: An employee working at 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. 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 employee received an amount of (2,500) two thousand five hundred riyals from the citizen in exchange for handing over an incorrect letter addressed to the General Directorate of Passports to cancel an absence report against a resident with the aim of transferring his sponsorship to the citizen. Eleventh case: Four employees working at the municipality of one of the governorates were arrested for hiring a number of citizens related to them in an irregular manner, and disbursing salary amounts to a number of resident workers at the municipality and benefiting from them in an irregular 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 (Baladi) system. 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. Fourteenth case: An employee working at a driving school in one of the governorates was arrested at the moment of receiving a sum of money from a resident 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 irregular manner. The official spokesman of the Commission 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 that the Commission is proceeding to apply what the system stipulates against violators without leniency.

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