An official source in the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the Authority has initiated several criminal cases lately, and legal procedures against the accused are underway.
The most prominent cases were:
1st case: A former notary who currently works as an employee of the General Court in one of the governorates was arrested for illegally amending several deeds in exchange for receiving 360,000 SR from the owner of the lands’ scheme, enabling a clerk to approve purchases orders and powers of attorneys along with completing an ownership transfer process of a grant to a citizen without his presence and signature. In addition to suspicious bank transfers to his bank account of 286,000 SR.
2nd case: A businessman was arrested for offering 500,000 SR through another businessman (mediator), who is also arrested on a different case, to submit to a former judge for the purpose of illegally issuing a deed of endowment for the father of the first businessman.
3rd case: A Deputy Head of a Center and the Chair of the Infringement Committee affiliated to one of the regions and 2 citizens were arrested, where the first accused enabled several citizens to illegally infringe on government lands in exchange for money transfers to his mother bank account, along with receiving 13,000 SR in exchange for condoning these irregularities. The second accused, by the nature of his work as Chair of the Infringement Committee, provided citizens with information about the confidential removal process and informed them about the complaints submitted against them in exchange for receiving 100,000 SR from one of the them
4th case: A retired employee was arrested for abusing his position before his retirement as Head of the Lands Department in one of the regions by selling lands that were granted to some citizens without their knowledge using forged powers of attorney, and illegally submitting (55) lands to citizens.
5th case: An officer in the Ministry of Defense in one of the governorates was arrested for being caught in the act of asking a citizen for 40,000 SR in exchange for government medicine (not intended for sale). With further investigation, a citizen (mediator), an employee and a pharmacist who work in a government hospital were arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 68,000 SR in exchange for government medicine (not intended for sale).
6th case: A resident who was previously deported to his country was arrested for having paid 40,000 SR to a mediator in his country who works in a flight reservation office that coordinated with an airport employee to enable him to enter the kingdom.
7th case: A doctor who works in a government hospital in one of the regions was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 10,000 SR in exchange for moving a surgery appointment forward.
8th case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior, a citizen was arrested for offering 50,000 SR to a security officer of the Narcotics Control Department in one of the regions in exchange for releasing him after being caught using drugs.
9th case: 2 residents were arrested along with a mediator (resident) for being caught in the act of receiving 11,000 SR for finalizing the procedures of canceling an escape report on one of the residents.
10th case: The Head of Projects Department at the Ministry of Environment Water & Agriculture in one of the governorates was arrested for employing his father and some of his relatives in one of the contracting offices with the ministry, without his father being present at the workplace, and benefiting from his father’s salary of 3000 SR deposited to his own bank account for the whole duration of the contract.
11th case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior, a security officer of the Criminal Investigation was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 35,000 SR in exchange for illegally finalizing paperwork for a female citizen.
12th case: An employee of the Health Affairs in one of the governorates was arrested for being caught in the act of stealing medicine from the health affairs warehouse, store and sell them along with quantities of hashish.
13th case: A resident working for one of the contracting companies with the National Water Company in one of the regions was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 5,000 SR in exchange for connecting the sceptic system to a house of a citizen.
14th case: 4 citizens were arrested. 2 of whom paid sums of money to the others in exchange for changing their health status to immune without taking the vaccine.
15th case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an employee was arrested for illegally approving paperwork in exchange for sums of money.
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.