An official source in the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the Authority has initiated a number of criminal cases lately, and legal procedures against the accused are underway.
The most prominent cases were:
1st case: 3 citizens of the Muslim World League were involved in receiving 5,767,500 SR in installments from an executive director of one of the contracting commercial entities with the League in exchange for their approval to increase the value of one project to 27 million SR.
The employees used bank accounts of commercial entities belonging to their relatives to receive those funds with the aim of concealing their source.
2nd case: A project manager in a major contracting company was arrested for obtaining 1,900,000 SR in installments from a commercial entity in exchange for enabling the entity to obtain subcontracts with its projects in the Holy Mosque,
and embezzling 50,000,000 SR from the same company, with the participation of one of the company's accountants (a resident), his share was 25,000,000 SR.
3rd case: With the cooperation of the Saudi Central Bank, 3 employees of one of the banks were arrested for establishing commercial entities and opening bank accounts in order to use them in depositing cash, in exchange for receiving 400 SR of every 100,000 SR deposited.
As well as arresting 4 citizens for establishing commercial entities and opening bank accounts to use in depositing cash in exchange for a percentage of those amounts, in addition to arresting 4 residents for collecting cash and depositing them in those accounts,
where the total deposits amounted to approximately 150,000,000 SR transferred outside the Kingdom.
4th case: A notary in one of the regions was arrested for receiving 2,600,000 SR from a businessman (also arrested) in exchange for illegally completing 4 ownership transfers with a total area of more than 40,000 square meters.
5th case: 4 employees of a university, a citizen and a resident who previously worked at the same university were arrested for establishing 2 commercial entities, obtaining 10,000,000 SR worth of projects from the university along with signing invalid work completion certificates
6th case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Health, a number of ads were monitored on social media, which consisted of claiming to modify the health status to immune in exchange for a fee.
The investigations revealed that 20 citizens and residents modified their health status illegally. Other ads were monitored and it was later found that it is fraud and the accused individuals were referred to the competent authorities.
7th case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, the Authority has started its procedures against a number of citizens and residents for stealing electricity from mosques,
legal procedures are underway to refer them to the competent authority to take necessary action against the perpetrators according to the law and regulations.
8th case: An employee of the General Presidency for the Promotion of Virtue & Prevention of Vice, a businessman and a resident were arrested, where the employee received 126,646 SR from the businessman in exchange for signing invalid work completion certificates.
9th case: Two female employees working in the Education and Training Evaluation Commission’s Qiyas program were arrested for leaking the General Aptitude and Achievement test questions to a number of their relatives.
10th case: An employee working as a field observer in a sub-municipality in one of the regions was arrested for receiving 264,050 SR in installments from a number of commercial entities in exchange for ignoring violations, 6 residents were arrested for paying those amounts.
11th case: A resident working for a company contracting with a municipality was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 50,000 SR out of a promised 80,000 SR in exchange for finalizing a paperwork process in the General Administration of Survey in the same municipality
12th case: Head of the licenses department in a sub-municipal area in one of the regions was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 25,000 SR in exchange for illegally issuing a municipal license to a hotel.
13th case: A municipal employee in one of the regions was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 1,500 SR, which represents the last payment of a total of 17,500 SR in exchange for illegally finalizing the procedures of measurements of a land,
in order to enable its owner to obtain compensation for it since it falls within the boundaries of one the projects in the region.
14th case: A field observer in a municipality was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 10,000 SR in exchange for not removing an unlawful residential building.
15th case: An employee working in the National Water Company was arrested for being caught in the act of requesting 5,000 SR in exchange for completing the procedures for extending water supply system lines to a citizen.
16th case: An employee and a nurse working in a public hospital were arrested in one of the regions for receiving sums of money in exchange for allowing a number of residents to illegally benefit from the healthcare services provided by the hospital.
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 type of crimes have no statue of limitations.