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: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior 3 employees of the Criminal Investigation Division in a Police Department in one of the regions and a citizen were arrested for stopping 2 residents of an Arab nationality and stealing 4,900,000 SR they had in their possession, and by searching their residence and vehicles, a 3,443,705 SR was found. The residents were also arrested for not having proof of the source of that money.
2nd case: A citizen submitted a report claiming that a non-Commissioned officer working in the Anti-Narcotics Department in one of the governorates requesting a 1,000,000 SR in exchange for keeping an ongoing money laundering case against him pending before the Public Prosecution, while the whistleblower was negotiating with the non-Commissioned officer over the price, the non-commissioned officer was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving a gold bar; it was found through investigation that there was no case against the citizen and that he forged letters with the aim to convince him, indicating that he had obtained the citizen’s data from a person with Syrian citizenship residing in Turkey, who is involved in a drug trafficking case in the Kingdom. After a thorough investigation procedure in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and the Saudi Central Bank, it was revealed that the whistleblower (arrested) was involved in a money laundering criminal group through collecting sums of money from Arab residents and depositing them in different commercial entities’ bank accounts and transferring them abroad. The total transferred money amounted to 180,000,000 SR, along with arresting several bank employees for receiving sums of money and gifts in exchange for facilitating the process.
3rd case: The Supervisor of Commercial Concealment and Committees Department at the Ministry of Commerce in one of the regions was arrested for substantial increase in his bank accounts and real estate wealth in a way that is not commensurate with his income, as the total amounted to 3,980,000 SR which he did not provide proof of the legitimacy of their sources.
4th case: A Manager of the Buildings Administration in an Education Department of one of the regions, 2 employees, 4 businessmen who own commercial entities contracted with the ministry, and 2 residents working in the same entities were arrested. The Manager received 1,120,000 SR in installments, the other employees received separate sums of money from the owners and employees of the same entities in exchange for facilitating the procedure of receiving and disbursing the due amounts of the commercial entities from the Ministry.
5th case: A judge at a Commercial Court in one of the regions was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 300,000 SR in exchange for issuing a ruling in favor of a citizen.
6th case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Defense, a non-commissioned officer working in the Ministry was arrested for receiving 125,000 SR in installments from his colleagues at work in exchange for their exemption from official working hours.
7th case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior and the Presidency of State Security, an officer with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel working in a Police Department in one of the regions was arrested for seizing mobile devices during the arrest of an accused individual without registering them as seized items, instead he handed them over to another citizen (arrested) with the aim of deleting corroborating evidence of his involvement in the case.
8th case: An employee working at the Commercial Court in one of the regions was arrested for obtaining a total of 176,433 SR from people who have cases before the court in exchange for leaking information related to their cases and influencing the progress of its procedures in their favor, in addition to negotiating with one of the defendants to receive 1,000,000 SR.
9th case: An engineer working in a Municipality of one of the regions was arrested, while he was working as the Director of Land Administration, for having incorrect data of infringement and duplication that resulted in illegally changing the location of 13 land grants that belong to his acquaintances.
10th case: 2 citizens, and a non-commissioned officer working in the Anti-Narcotics Department in one of the governorates were arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 20,000 SR out of a promised 50,000 SR from the citizens in exchange for the release of an accused individual in a drug trafficking case.
11th case: A non-commissioned officer working in the Civil Defense in one of the regions was arrested for facilitating the issuance of a civil defense license to a factory in exchange for signing a 25,000 SR contract to provide the requirements of civil defense with an institution owned by his mother.
12th case: A resident of Arab nationality who works as a training Supervisor and Marketing Specialist in a private training institute was arrested for requesting 35,000 SR from one of the trainees in exchange for enabling her to pass the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties exam.
13th case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior, 3 Non-Commissioned officers working in a Police Department of one of the regions were arrested for stopping a resident and stealing 450,000 SR he had in his possession.
14th case: An employee working in a Municipality of one of the regions was arrested, claiming to be a municipal observer, for being caught in the act of receiving 30,000 SR in exchange for not issuing a violation against one of the buildings in the region and illegally finalizing the existing complaints in the municipality.
15th case: A municipal employee in one of the governorates was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 8,000 SR in exchange for illegally issuing a municipal license to a commercial entity.
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 it is continuing to hold the negligent parties accountable and apply what the law rules against them with no tolerance.