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21 September 2026
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The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority initiates a criminal case.

An official source in the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the Authority with the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior, has arrested 2 employees of the Ministry for forcing a resident to sign a 23,000,000 SR financial commitment to a foreign investor, in exchange for receiving 60,000 SR from the investor. The names of those arrested are: 1-Sergeant of the Court Security (Riyadh region Police): Metab Saad Al-Ghnoum 2-Corporal of the Special Missions Forces in Riyadh: Hatem Mastoor Saad bin Tayeb. 3-Palestinian Investor: Saleh Mohammed Saleh Al-Shalout. Upon further investigation, several residents were also arrested: 1-Bangladeshi resident: Ashraf Uddin Aknad. 2-Bangldeshi resident: Almgeer Hussain Khan. 3-Bagladeshi resident: Shfeeq Alislam Shah Jahan. They admitted to engaging in illegal visa trading with the complicity of the employees of the embassy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in Bangladesh, and by searching their homes, a 20,180,000 SR was found in cash, as well as gold ingots, and luxury vehicles, which turned out to be the proceeds of illegally selling work visas in the Kingdom. The arrests also included: 1-Bangladeshi resident: Mohammed Nasser Uddin Noor (owner of a recruitment office in his home country). 2- Bangladeshi visitor: Alameen Khan Shahid Allah Khan. 3-Bangladeshi resident: Zaid Uosied Mafy. 4-Bangladeshi resident: Abulklam Mohammed Rafeeq Alislam. 5-Bandladeshi resident: Aziz Alhaq Muslim Uddin. For their involvement in illegal visa trading and money smuggling outside the Kingdom. As the investigations unfolded, 2 more people got arrested: 1- Head of the Consular Section at the Embassy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in Bangladesh and former Deputy Ambassador: Abdullah Falah Mudhi Al-Shammari. 2- Deputy Head of the Consular Section at the Embassy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in Bangladesh: Khaled Nasser Ayed Al-Qahtani. For their complicity with the residents and for receiving, while working at the embassy, 54,000,000 SR in installments, in exchange for finalizing the issuance of work visas. They acknowledged receiving parts of the money from the arrested residents inside Saudi Arabia and invested the rest outside the kingdom. 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 the accountability extends far beyond the retirement of individuals, as these types of crimes have no statute of limitations. The Authority will continue to apply the law, with zero-tolerance against corruption.
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