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Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) recently initiated several criminal cases.. Legal procedures against the accused are underway.
Among 21 cases, Nazaha said an employee working in a criminal court and a lawyer were arrested upon receiving SAR 1.5 million, in exchange for approving an acquittal ruling for a citizen.
With the cooperation of the Saudi Central Bank, a businessman was arrested for obtaining a bank finance exceeding SAR 100 million, by submitting contracts for fake projects with the assistance of the bank employee.
Head of the Support Services Department, at an Emirate of one of the regions, was arrested for receiving SAR 12 million from a commercial entity belonging to one of his acquaintances, in exchange for illegal project awards.
Further, an owner of a law firm was arrested for being caught on receiving SAR 180,000 from an owner of a commercial entity “who has a pending commercial case of SAR 11 million in exchange for issuing a report in his favor from a legal consulting company. A citizen was also arrested for being caught in the act of receiving SAR 170,000 from the lawyer, representing the share of the owner (also arrested) of the law firm which issued the report.
With the cooperation of Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA), a resident who works as a doctor in a government hospital was arrested for attempting to smuggle a non-intended for sale medicine.
An employee working in the Health Affairs Directorate in one of the governorates was arrested for receiving SAR 71,000 from two foreign doctors working in a hospital affiliated with the same Health Affairs, in exchange for illegally modifying their medical classification.
With the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior, three non-commissioned officers working at the General Directorate of Public Security were arrested for stealing SAR 877,522 from the police stations safe deposit boxes.
A resident was arrested for offering money to one of ZATCA’s employees, in exchange for allowing SAR 267,500 to pass through. He was seized while leaving the Kingdom.
A resident working for a commercial entity, in contract with the Ministry of Defense, was arrested for being caught in the act of paying SAR 7,000 out of a promised SAR 82,000, in exchange for overlooking violations amounting to SAR 10 million.
Nazaha added that a resident was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving SAR 40,000, in exchange for facilitating the procedure of disbursing financial dues to a commercial entity in a contract with a municipality through his relationship with two employees of the municipality.
Moreover, an employee working in a municipality in one of the regions was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving SAR 7,000, in exchange for illegally reopening a commercial store after it was closed by the municipality.
In other cases, an expatriate, who violated the residency law, was arrested for being caught in the act of paying SAR 50,000, in exchange for illegally issuing a resident’s identity permit. Another resident was arrested for being caught in the act of receiving SAR 2,200, in exchange for illegally issuing a driving license through an employee (arrested) working in a driving learning school in return for sums of money.
Two officers at the General Directorate of Passports were also arrested at a land port for receiving money from a resident (arrested), in exchange for registering fake entry and exit for the resident’s wife.
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