The official spokesman of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) stated that the authority has initiated a number of criminal cases during the past period, and legal procedures are being completed against the perpetrators. The most prominent cases were 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 broker to facilitate the entry of two shipping containers through Jeddah Islamic Port containing restricted tobacco, in exchange for not paying the government customs fees due on that shipment amounting to 14,000,000 (fourteen million) riyals. The second case: An employee of the Ministry of Health in one region was arrested for receiving 900,000 (nine hundred thousand) riyals in installments in exchange for awarding several projects to a commercial entity in an irregular manner. The third case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Energy, a resident working on one of the ministry's projects was caught red-handed receiving 200,000 (two hundred thousand) riyals in exchange for not issuing fines and penalties against a commercial entity amounting to 1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand) riyals. The fourth case: A resident working for an engineering consultancy office and appointed as an expert by the commercial court in a commercial dispute case was caught red-handed receiving 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 party to the dispute in an irregular manner. The fifth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a former military officer of the General Directorate of Passports was arrested for receiving sums totaling 60,500 (sixty thousand five hundred) riyals, in exchange for completing procedures for expatriate transactions in an irregular manner. The sixth case: An employee of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in one region was caught red-handed receiving 55,000 (fifty-five thousand) riyals in exchange for modifying the status of goods entering the Kingdom in an irregular manner. The seventh case: Two employees of a municipality in one governorate were arrested for receiving 40,000 (forty thousand) riyals in exchange for completing transaction procedures in an irregular manner. The eighth case: An employee of a municipality secretariat in one region was caught red-handed receiving 10,000 (ten thousand) riyals out of an agreed 50,000 (fifty thousand) riyals, in exchange for completing a transaction procedure at the secretariat in an irregular manner. The ninth case: An employee of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one region was caught red-handed receiving 10,000 (ten thousand) riyals, in exchange for not issuing violations against a commercial entity during field inspections. The tenth case: An employee of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one governorate and a citizen were arrested, as the former received 2,500 (two thousand five hundred) riyals from the latter in exchange for delivering a false letter addressed to the General Directorate of Passports to cancel an absconding report against an expatriate, with the aim of transferring his sponsorship to the latter. The eleventh case: Four employees of a municipality in one governorate were arrested for irregularly hiring a number of citizens related to them, and paying salaries to a number of residents working in the municipality and benefiting from them in an irregular manner. The 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 attendance, and attaching the reports via the electronic platform of the 'Balady' system. The thirteenth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, an employee of the ministry in one region was arrested for seizing a number of computers while working as a storekeeper for the ministry in the region. The fourteenth case: An employee of a driving school in one governorate was caught red-handed 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 manager of a periodic inspection station and an employee at the same station in one region were arrested for receiving sums of money in exchange for completing vehicle inspection procedures in an irregular manner. The official spokesman of the authority stressed 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 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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