Riyadh, Safar 08, 1448 AH corresponding to July 22, 2026 AD, SPA The official spokesperson for the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the Authority has handled a number of criminal cases during the past period, and legal procedures are being completed against the perpetrators. The most prominent cases are as follows: Case One: Arrest of a citizen ("businessman") for offering the 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 containing restricted "tobacco" material through the Jeddah Islamic Port, in return for not paying the due government customs duties on that shipment, which amount to (14,000,000) fourteen million riyals. Case Two: Arrest of an employee working in the Ministry of Health in one of the regions for receiving the amount of (900,000) nine hundred thousand riyals in installments in exchange for illegally awarding a number of projects to a commercial entity. Case Three: In cooperation with the Ministry of Energy, a resident working in one of the projects affiliated with the ministry was arrested at the moment of receiving the 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. Case Four: Arrest of a resident working for an engineering consultancy office and appointed as an expert by the Commercial Court in a commercial dispute case at the moment of receiving the amount of (50,000) fifty thousand riyals out of an agreed-upon amount of (100,000) one hundred thousand riyals, in exchange for illegally preparing a technical report in favor of one of the dispute parties. Case Five: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a former military personnel at the General Directorate of Passports was detained for receiving financial amounts totaling (60,500) sixty thousand five hundred riyals, in exchange for illegally finalizing transactions belonging to expatriates. Case Six: Arrest of an employee working in the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in one of the regions at the moment of receiving the amount of (55,000) fifty-five thousand riyals, in exchange for illegally modifying the status of goods imported into the Kingdom. Case Seven: Detention of two employees working in the municipality of one of the governorates for receiving the amount of (40,000) forty thousand riyals in exchange for illegally finalizing transactions. Case Eight: Arrest of an employee working in the secretariat of one of the regions at the moment of receiving the amount of (10,000) ten thousand riyals out of an agreed-upon amount of (50,000) fifty thousand riyals, in exchange for illegally finalizing a transaction in the secretariat. Case Nine: Arrest of an employee working in the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the regions at the moment of receiving the amount of (10,000) ten thousand riyals, in exchange for not issuing violations against a commercial entity while performing field tours. Case Ten: Detention of an employee working in the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the governorates, and a citizen, because the first received the amount of (2,500) two thousand five hundred riyals from the second in exchange for handing him 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 second. Case Eleven: Detention of four employees working in the municipality of one of the governorates for illegally employing a number of citizens related to them, and unlawfully disbursing salary amounts to a number of resident workers in the municipality and benefiting from them illegally. Case Twelve: Detention of a resident working in a health facility for receiving a financial amount 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. Case Thirteen: In cooperation with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, an employee working in the ministry in one of the regions was detained for seizing a number of computers while working as the custodian of the ministry's warehouse in the region. Case Fourteen: Arrest of an employee working at a driving school in one of the governorates at the moment of receiving a financial amount from a resident in exchange for completing procedures for issuing a driving license without attending the school. Case Fifteen: Detention of the periodic inspection station manager and an employee at the same station in one of the regions for receiving financial amounts in exchange for illegally finalizing vehicle inspection procedures. The official spokesperson for the Authority emphasized that the Authority continues to monitor and apprehend anyone who encroaches upon public funds or exploits their position to achieve personal gain or harm the public interest, and will hold them accountable even after the end of their employment relationship, given that financial and administrative corruption crimes are not subject to a statute of limitations. He stressed that the Authority is proceeding with the application of the law against violators without leniency. // End // 20:59 TPM 0199