An official source at 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: With the cooperation of the Presidency of State Security and the Saudi Central Bank, the citizen Khalid Ibrahim Al-Jraiwi was arrested for participating with a bank employee in deceiving the banking regulations and obtaining an illegal bank financing of 493,000,000 SR. This was done by the first individual submitting a financing request containing false property deeds and fake contracts indicating investments in those properties by government entities. The second individual accepted the first individual's request and sent an email to the relevant departments at the bank confirming the validity of the submitted documents. After receiving the financing amount, the first individual transferred 100,000,000 SR abroad to purchase property and register them under the names of his relatives to hide them. Abdullah Masaad Al-Anzi, Nawaf Jukhaidib Al-Harbi, and Abdulrahman Matar Al-Shammari from the General Directorate of Passports were also arrested for facilitating the illegal entry and exit of the first individual in exchange for money. The accused individuals admitted to the charges and have been referred to the competent court for prosecution.
2nd case: With the cooperation of the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority, the citizen Mohammed Ghazi Mohammed Al-Sayed was arrested in Riyadh along with two Yemeni residents, Abdulmalik Ahmed Qaid and Abdullah Abdu Qasim, for being caught in the act of paying 1,499,000 SR in exchange for smuggling a container from Jeddah Islamic Port containing tobacco products (cigarettes) without paying a 7,200,000 SR tariff. This was done by falsifying the customs data to declare the goods as paper tissues. The container's journey was monitored to identify the final beneficiary, and it was found that the tobacco products were stored in a warehouse in Jeddah and being prepared for transportation to Riyadh and the Eastern Province at the request of the first resident. Coordination was made with the relevant authorities (Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority, Jeddah Municipality, Transport General Authority, and Saudi Food and Drug Authority) to hand over the site, prepare the necessary reports, close the warehouse, and apply the legal procedures against the owner by the competent authorities. Investigations are ongoing with the accused individuals in preparation for their referral to the competent court for prosecution.
3rd case: With the cooperation of the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority, the Sudanese resident Osman Mohammed Naeem Abdulrahman, was arrested for being caught in the act of handing over a vehicle and a 20,000 SR, representing the total agreed amount of 80,000 SR in exchange for smuggling a shipment from Jeddah Islamic Port containing approximately (4) tons of tobacco by including false customs data indicating that the shipment was (animal feed coming from Sudan) without paying a 1,075,200 SR tariff. The investigations are ongoing with the accused individual in preparation for his referral to the competent court for prosecution.
4th case: The employee Khalaf Saleh Marzouq Al-Khaldi, working at Al-Jouf Municipality in the 11th rank, was arrested for receiving 8,000,000 SR from the Yemeni resident Mohammed Ali Omar Al-Saqaf (investor) who also been arrested, in exchange for issuing invoices of 17,588,269 SR for roads maintenance projects in the region that were not actually executed. The investigations are ongoing with the accused individuals in preparation for their referral to the competent court for prosecution.
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 it will continue to apply the law, with zero-tolerance against corruption.