An official source in the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the Authority monitored ads on social media by people who claim to modify the health status illegally to (infected- not immune-immune by first dose- immune) in exchange for sums of money. The Authority immediately began its procedures and the involved in the Ministry of Health and the mediators (citizens and residents) were arrested, as well as the people who modified their health status.
It was proven through investigations and the statements of the accused that these following names are involved:
1- The citizen/ Akram Aqal Aoun Al-Qahtani (employee of the vaccination center in the Health Affairs in the Eastern region), for obtaining sums of money from citizens and residents in exchange for modifying their health status through mediators.
2- The citizen/ Nayef Muhammed Musaed Al-Shehri (employee in the Health Affairs in the Eastern region), for obtaining money from citizens and residents in exchange for modifying their health status through mediators.
3- The citizen/ Muhammed Ahmed Ali Al-Ribhi (mediator), for advertising on social media and receiving money from citizens and residents who want to modify their health status.
4- The citizen/ Aoun Suleiman Aoun Al-Qahtani (mediator), for advertising on social media and receiving money from citizens and residents who want to modify their health status.
5- The citizen/ Bandar Saghir Ahmed Al-Shehri (mediator), for enabling one of the accused to use his bank accounts to receive money from citizens and residents who want to modify their health status.
6- The resident/ Ahmed Faraj Mahmoud, a Syrian national (mediator), for advertising on social media and receiving sums of money from citizens and residents who want to modify their health status.
7- The resident/ Yassin Mahfouz Al-Jundi, a Yemeni national (mediator), for advertising on social media and receiving money from citizens and residents who want to modify their health status.
8- The resident/ Moatmin Shayef Hizam Shuja, a Yemeni national (mediator), for advertising on social media and receiving money from citizens and residents who want to modify their health status.
9- The resident/ Riyadh Ali Ghaleb Saif, a Yemeni national (mediator), for enabling one of the accused to use his bank accounts to receive money from citizens and residents who want to modify their health status.
10- The citizen/ Nayef Theeb Manea Al-Qahtani (beneficiary and mediator), for using his bank accounts to receive money from citizens and residents who want to modify their health status, and for paying money to one of the accused to modify his health status.
11- The citizen/ Yhaya Ahmed Essa Hakami (beneficiary), for paying money to one of the accused to modify his health status.
12- The citizen/ Yahya Ahmed Ibrahim Anab (beneficiary), for paying money to one of the accused to modify his health status.
Legal procedures are underway in order to refer the accused to the court for their involvement in crimes of bribery, forgery and money laundering.
Given that these actions and violations have a dreadful negative impact on the efforts made by the government in combating this pandemic, the Authority is firmly proceeding with the application of what the law rules against the violators
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.