An official source in the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the Authority initiated (120) criminal cases recently, (184) citizen and expatriates were arrested and investigated with, and formal procedures against them are underway. Most prominent of which were as follow: The first case: on continuation of what was announced on 1/2/1442 H and 28/2/1442 H about the available information on the suspicion of corruption acts by a number of municipality employees in one of the governorates, where one of them exploited the influence of the public office to illegally disburse an amount of (110,006,545) riyals for the benefit of several commercial entities. An amount of (38,378,411) riyals have been recovered and procedure is underway to recover the remainder of the disbursed total amount. The second case: the arrest of the Chairman of board of Directors of a chamber of commerce in one of the regions for having transferred an amount of (8,000,000) riyals from the chamber’s of commerce bank account and using it to issue a check for the enforcement court to pay a financial claim for a citizen. The third case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, an officer and non-commissioned officer working in the civil defense in one of the regions, in addition to an Arab expatriate who works for an enterprise specialized in the field of safety were arrested. The first and second accused established the enterprise (in which the expatriate work) under the name of another citizen, where they complicated and held back other enterprises that are seeking to obtain safety licenses from the civil defense in order to force them to contract with the their own enterprise. The amount obtained by the first reached up to (5,948,572) riyals. The fourth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, an officer with the rank of a lieutenant colonel who works in one of the sectors of the Ministry was arrested for obtaining an amount of (2,000,000) riyals from an owner of a company in exchange for facilitating the issuance of necessary licenses for the company. The fifth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, (3) non-commissioned officers who work in the traffic police, (6) former employees that work for an insurance company, and (5) citizens were arrested for faking traffic accidents and obtaining fraudulent financial compensation from the insurance company totaling (1,918,167) riyals. The Sixth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and the General Customs Authority, (3) expatriates of asian origin were arrested red handed for having offered an amount of (1,590,000) riyals in exchange for a clearance of prohibited items that were seized by the customs. The seventh case: The arrest of a notary public for issuing (33) procuration letters in an illegal manner, in addition, for offering an amount of (1,500,000) riyals to one of those affected by one of these letters in exchange for not submitting a complaint against him. The eighth case: the arrest of the assistant general Director of the Health Affairs in one of the regions and an Arab expatriate who works under his department for manipulating official documents with incorrect information regarding unexecuted work by a contracting enterprise owned by the mother of the wife of the first accused, "who has a power of attorney on her bank accounts", with the aim of disbursing the value of the contract which is (204,000) riyals. The ninth case: in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, the arrest red handed of non-commissioned officer who works in the Narcotics Control Department in one of the regions for receiving an amount of (5,000) riyals from an expatriate in exchange for cancelling his travel ban. The Authority affirms on the continuation to pursue anyone who exploits the public office to achieve personal gain or harm the public interest in any way possible, and that the accountability extends far beyond the retirement of any individual, as the crimes of financial and administrative corruption have no statute of limitations, and that it will apply what the law rules against the violators with zero tolerance. It in addition notes that Article (16) of the Anti-Bribery Law exempts the bribe or mediator from the original and ancillary penalties if he/she informs the authorities of the crime before its discovery. The Authority also appreciates the efforts of government entities in fighting financial and administrative corruption and the development of policies and procedures that promote speedy achievements which shut any inlets for corruption, and it commends the cooperation of those entities and the media on their effort in promoting integrity, transparency and fighting corruption, and it would like as well to thank the citizens and residents in reporting through its available channels, including the toll free number (980) for any practices involving financial or administrative corruption that would undermine the efforts of the government to support and promote the path of comprehensive development in light of Vision 2030. It also extends its thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and HRH the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz - may Allah protect them - for the unlimited support to the Authority in order to exercise its jurisdiction and perform its tasks in fighting financial and administrative corruption in all its forms and manifestations.