The Spokesman of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the Authority has initiated several criminal cases lately, and legal procedures against the accused are currently underway. The most prominent cases were:
1st case: A notary public was arrested for issuing illegal land deeds and registering part of them under the names of his relatives; meanwhile his brother (arrested) sold those lands for a value of 65,000,000 SR.
2nd case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Defense, an officer with the rank of a retired Major General (former Head of the Maintenance and Operation Department) was arrested for receiving various bank transfers to his personal account totaling 613,000 SR, in addition to a plot of land estimated at a value of 1,185,000 SR from 3 businessmen (arrested) in exchange for facilitating their commercial entities to obtain contracts.
3rd case: A citizen was arrested for receiving 600,000 SR in installments, in exchange for illegally awarding projects from the entity he works for to another commercial entity.
4th case: An employee working in one of the medical cities under the Ministry of Health was arrested for receiving 269,179 SR, in exchange for extending the contract of a commercial entity with the Ministry of Health for an additional (13) months for 4,000,000 SR.
5th case: An employee who works as Head of the Gifted Students Program in an Education Department of one of the governorates for stealing 790,000 SR allocated to support the program.
6th Case: An employee working in a municipality of one of the governorates was arrested for receiving in installments a 62,000 SR from an employee of a commercial entity (arrested) in exchange for forcing stores he supervises to contract with the commercial entity.
7th case: Head of the Student Activity of an Education Department in one of the regions was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 33,000 SR in exchange for awarding a contract to a commercial entity to provide supplies for the celebration of the National Day. An employee working in the same department was also arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 1,000 SR in exchange for providing the same commercial entity with the prices provided by the competitors.
8th Case: 2 residents (working in a commercial entity which is in contract with a regional Municipality for training employees with a value of 99,375 SR) were arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 29,000 SR in exchange for illegally awarding that contract.
9th Case: An employee working in a Municipality of one of the governorates was arrested for requesting 20,000 SR from an owner of a gas station in exchange for ignoring its violations.
10th case: A resident (who works for a commercial entity in contract with the Ministry of Education) was arrested for being caught in the act of paying part of a promised 15,000 SR in exchange for illegally obtaining additional contracts.
11th case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior, 2 non-commissioned officers working at a police station in one of the regions, were arrested for receiving 38,600 SR from an owner of a commercial entity (arrested) in exchange for agreeing to sign illegal security guard contracts.
12th case: With the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior, an employee working at a police station in one of the governorates and a citizen were arrested for receiving 100,000 SR in exchange for not deporting a resident.
13th Case: An employee working at a branch of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in one of the governorates was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving 8,000 SR in exchange for not issuing a fishing violation to one of the residents.
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.