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 against the perpetrators are being completed.

The most prominent cases are as follows:

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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 procedures of two shipping containers via Jeddah Islamic Port containing restricted imported tobacco, in exchange for not paying the government customs fees due on that shipment amounting to (14,000,000) fourteen million riyals. Second case: An employee of 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 a commercial entity 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 he received 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 he received 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 parties to the dispute in an irregular manner. Fifth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a former military personnel from the General Directorate of Passports was arrested for receiving sums of money totaling (60,500) sixty thousand five hundred riyals, in exchange for completing procedures for expatriates' transactions in an irregular manner. Sixth case: An employee of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in one of the regions was arrested at the moment he received 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 of a municipality in 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 of the secretariat of one of the regions was arrested at the moment he received 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 at the secretariat in an irregular manner. Ninth case: An employee of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the regions was arrested at the moment he received an amount of (10,000) ten thousand riyals, in exchange for not issuing violations against a commercial entity while conducting 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 for the former receiving an amount of (2,500) two thousand five hundred riyals from the latter in exchange for delivering an incorrect letter addressed to the General Directorate of Passports to cancel an absconding report against a resident in order to transfer his sponsorship to the latter. Eleventh case: Four employees of a municipality in one of the governorates were arrested for employing a number of citizens related to them in an irregular manner, and disbursing salaries to a number of residents working in 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 of the ministry in one of the regions was arrested for seizing a number of computers while working as a storekeeper for the ministry's warehouse in the region. Fourteenth case: An employee of a driving school in one of the governorates was arrested at the moment he received a sum of money from a resident in exchange for completing the procedures for issuing a driver's license without attending the school. Fifteenth case: A periodic inspection station manager 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 Authority confirmed that it continues to monitor and apprehend anyone who encroaches on public funds or exploits their position for personal gain or harms the public interest, and will hold them accountable even after their employment ends, as financial and administrative corruption crimes are not subject to statute of limitations, and that the Authority is proceeding with implementing the regulations against violators without leniency.