«مكافحة الفساد»: إيقاف مقيمين وموظفين ومواطنين في 15 قضية جنائية

The spokesperson for the Anti-Corruption and Integrity Commission stated that the commission has initiated a number of criminal cases during the past period, and the legal procedures against the perpetrators are ongoing. The most notable cases are as follows;

Case One

The arrest of a businessman for offering an amount of 1,600,000 riyals to one of the customs brokers to facilitate the entry of "two shipping containers" through Jeddah Islamic Port containing restricted tobacco material, in exchange for not paying the government customs fees due on the shipment amounting to 14,000,000 riyals.

Case Two

The arrest of an employee at the Ministry of Health in one of the regions for receiving an amount of 900,000 riyals in installments in exchange for awarding projects to one of the commercial entities in an unlawful manner.

Case Three

In cooperation with the Ministry of Energy, a resident was arrested at one of the ministry's projects at the moment he received an amount of 200,000 riyals in exchange for not issuing fines and violations against a commercial entity amounting to 1,500,000 riyals.

Case Four

The arrest of a resident working for an engineering consulting office and appointed as an expert by the commercial court in a commercial dispute at the moment he received an amount of 50,000 riyals out of an agreed 100,000 riyals, in exchange for preparing a technical report in favor of one of the parties to the dispute unlawfully.

Case Five

In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a former military personnel from the General Directorate of Passports was arrested for receiving financial amounts totaling 60,500 riyals, in exchange for completing transactions related to expatriates unlawfully.

Case Six

The arrest of an employee in the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority in one of the regions at the moment he received an amount of 55,000 riyals, in exchange for altering the status of imported goods to the Kingdom unlawfully.

Case Seven

The arrest of two employees at the municipality of one of the provinces for receiving an amount of 40,000 riyals in exchange for completing transactions unlawfully.

Case Eight

The arrest of an employee in the municipality of one of the regions at the moment he received an amount of 10,000 riyals out of an agreed 50,000 riyals, in exchange for completing a transaction in the municipality unlawfully.

Case Nine

The arrest of an employee at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the regions at the moment he received an amount of 10,000 riyals, in exchange for not issuing violations against a commercial entity during field visits.

Case Ten

The arrest of an employee at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in one of the provinces, and a citizen for the former receiving an amount of 2,500 riyals from the latter in exchange for delivering an incorrect letter addressed to the General Directorate of Passports to cancel a report of absence on a resident for the purpose of transferring his sponsorship.

Case Eleven

The arrest of four employees at the municipality of one of the provinces for employing citizens related to them unlawfully, and disbursing amounts as salaries to residents in the municipality and benefiting from them unlawfully.

Case Twelve

The arrest of a resident in a health facility for receiving a financial amount in exchange for issuing a medical examination report and laboratory test for an expatriate without his presence and attaching the reports via the "Baladi" system.

Case Thirteen

In cooperation with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call, and Guidance, an employee in the ministry was arrested for embezzling computer devices while working as the custodian of the ministry's warehouse.

Case Fourteen

The arrest of an employee at a driving school in one of the provinces at the moment he received a financial amount from a resident in exchange for completing the procedures for issuing a driving license without attending the school.

Case Fifteen

The arrest of the director of the periodic inspection station and an employee at the station in one of the regions for receiving financial amounts in exchange for completing vehicle inspection procedures unlawfully.

The spokesperson confirmed that the commission continues to monitor and apprehend anyone who infringes on public funds or exploits their position to achieve personal gain or harm the public interest, and to hold them accountable even after their employment relationship has ended, as financial and administrative corruption crimes do not expire by limitation, and that the commission is proceeding with applying what the law prescribes against violators without leniency.