An official source in the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the Authority initiated a number of criminal cases lately, and legal procedures against the accused are underway.
Most prominent of which were as follow:
The first case: in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, (100,000,000) one hundred million riyals was stopped before its disbursement, which was a compensation for the expropriation of (32) properties located within the storage basin of one of the dams in one of the regions, due to the irregularity of the issuance of their deeds; an appeal judge who headed the court during that time of issuing the deeds was arrested, he also obtained sums of money in exchange for issuing those deeds. Moreover, (12) public employees working in related government entities in the governorates and centers affiliated with the region were involved in the process. They are as follow (Deputy Director of the branch of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, and Head of the Infringement Committee, Head of the Lands Department, (2) former governors, (2) court employees, (2) members of the court’s review board, the head of one of the governorate’s centers and an employee in the governorate, and a former judge).
The second case: in cooperation with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, (12) residents and a Gulf state citizen were arrested for enabling a container comprising tobacco to enter through one of the seaports (although it was registered at customs as furniture) in an irregular manner; the residents were arrested the moment they received the container and paid the amount of (920,000) Nine hundred and twenty thousand riyals out of (2,000,000) two million riyals in one of the warehouses that belong to a Gulf state citizen.
The third case: in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, an accountant who works in the General Directorate of Prisons in one of the regions was arrested, for obtaining sums of money from the detainees’ families in exchange for allowing prohibited items inside the prison, and for stealing and hiding the allowance of released prisoners in his house by signing the receipts, in which the total amounted to (2,000,000) two million riyals; upon receiving his arrest news the wife took the money and handed it over to a resident to hide it, therefore, ending with arresting her and then the resident with the stolen money.
The fourth case: the arrest of a judge (former head of the execution court in one of the regions) for obtaining an amount of (2,500,000) two million five hundred thousand riyals, from an attorney of one of the parties to a financial case as well as receiving international travel tickets from a businessman who is a party to another financial cases, (those cases were under the execution court that he headed), in exchange for providing them with legal services that affect the course of cases.
The fifth case: the arrest of an employee who works in a university for awarding (17) projects through direct purchases to commercial entities belonging to his relatives for a total amount of (2,166,377) two million one hundred and sixty six thousand three hundred and seventy seven riyals in an irregular manner.
The sixth case: the arrest of an appeal judge in the administrative court for obtaining an amount of (1,600,000) one million six hundred thousand riyals from a company owner through one of the company's employees in exchange for rulings in favor of the company.
The seventh case: the arrest of the Director of Information Technology Department in one of the regions’ municipality for signing final receipt minutes for a maintenance and internet operational projects in two public parks, despite not completing their execution and spending their allocated total value amounting to (840,850) eight hundred and forty thousand eight hundred and fifty riyals.
The eighth case: in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a number of non-commissioned officers who work in the Border Guards were arrested for trying to smuggle tobacco products from one of the ports.
The ninth case: the arrest of an employee who works in a port of one of the regions, and two residents, due to signing minutes containing incorrect information to complete the operation and maintenance of the main and back up electric generation stations and the medium and low pressure electric stations in the port, with cash deposits in his bank accounts amounting to (500,000) five hundred thousand riyals with no justifiable source.
The tenth case: in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, an officer with the rank of a Captain who works in a police department in one of the regions and a resident (mediator) were arrested; the mediator received an amount of (20,000) twenty thousand riyals out of (40,000) forty thousand riyals from a citizen upon the request of the Captain in exchange for keeping the case of the citizen.
The eleventh case: the arrest of a doctor who works in a government hospital in one of the governorates for signing a temporary work contract with another hospital (Locum) during his official leave period and receiving an amount of (110,000) one hundred and ten thousand riyals other than his monthly salaries, despite leaving the Kingdom during the validity period of the contract.
The twelfth case: In cooperation with the Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf), the owner of a commercial entity was arrested for registering (39) employees and obtaining through them government support of (190,500) one hundred and ninety thousand five hundred riyals in an irregular manner.
The thirteenth case: the arrest of an employee who works in a hospital in one of the governorates for illegally entering the hospital's electronic system, using the username of his manager and approving his transfer request after learning of his manager's death.
The fourteenth case: in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, an officer with the rank of a Corporal who works in a detention center was arrested, for obtaining an amount of (35,000) thirty five thousand riyals from a citizen in exchange for releasing a resident illegally.
The fifteenth case: the arrest of the manager of buildings department who works in an education directorate in one of the regions for preparing falsified reports on one of the ministry's projects which resulted in exempting the contractor from delay fines.
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, and that it will apply what the law rules against the violators with zero tolerance.