An official source in the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that, further to the criminal cases the authority initiated lately, several first instance rulings were issued against those involved in these corruption crimes. The most prominent rulings were:
1st ruling: A judge (former Shura Council member) was convicted of participating in bribery; and was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison and fined 500,000 SR. 6 citizens were convicted as well for participating in bribery; and they were sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison and fined 100,000 SR each.
2nd ruling: A judge (Head of the Enforcement Court in one of the regions) was convicted of misuse of position for personal benefit and gain; and was sentenced to 1 year in prison.
3rd ruling: A retired officer with the rank of Brigadier and 2 non-commissioned officers from the Ministry of Defense and an employee on the 6th rank who formerly worked in a bureau of military affairs outside the Kingdom were convicted of forgery and using counterfeit documents, misuse of their position for personal gain, and misappropriating public funds; and they were sentenced to 1 year in prison including fines of 20,000 SR each.
4th ruling: A former judge at the General Court in one of the regions was convicted of bribery and forgery with the participation of another judge in forging a ruling; he was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison and fined 110,000 SR. As a well as convicting another judge in the same court of bribery (accepting mediation of the first accused) and forgery; and was sentenced to 2 years in prison and fined 10,000 SR. A female citizen was convicted of using a forged document and was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison and fined 10,000 SR.
5th ruling: A former head of a municipality on the 12th rank was convicted of misuse of position, where he transported state owned equipment and machines to use in his own farm, he was sentenced to 8 months in prison.
6th ruling: Director of the Health Affairs in one of the regions was convicted of misuse of position for personal gain; and was sentenced to 10 months in prison. Another employee of the same Health Affairs Directorate was convicted for participating in misuse of position for personal gain and was sentenced to 6 months in prison. As well as convicting a resident who works in one of the contracting companies with the Health Affairs for participating in the misuse of position for personal gain and was sentenced to 1 year and one month in prison.
7th ruling: A former judge was convicted of misuse of position and was sentenced to 4 years and 4 months in prison.
8th ruling: A non-commissioned officer working in the General Administration of Prisons in one of the regions was convicted of bribery and smuggling contraband into prison, he was sentenced to 4 years in prison and fined 60,000 SR. 2 non-commissioned officers working in the same administration were also convicted of bribery and were sentenced to 3 years in prison and fined 50,000 SR each.
9th ruling: A former ambassador was convicted of misuse of position for personal gain and embezzlement of public funds; and was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
10th ruling: A former prosecutor was convicted of bribery (bribee) and was sentenced to 2 years in prison and fined 50,000 SR.
11th ruling: 24 citizens were convicted of bribery (briber/bribee/mediator) and forgery for illegally modifying their health status to immune, they were sentenced to 1 to 2 years in prison along with fines ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 SR each.
Nazaha affirms on the continuation to pursue anyone who exploits the public office to achieve personal gain or harm public interest in any way, and that criminal proceedings will continue to be taken against them for prosecution in a court of law.