Saudi "Integrity" reveals details of 16 corruption and bribery cases

An official source in the Saudi Control and Anti-Corruption Authority "Nazaha" stated that the authority has initiated a number of criminal cases during the last period, and the legal procedures are being completed against the perpetrators, and the most prominent cases were as follows, according to what was reported in the Saudi newspapers:

The first case: the arrest of a CEO of a government company;

To exploit his professional influence, with the aim of achieving personal interests.

The second case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, an officer with the rank of brigadier was arrested, for obtaining an amount of 450,000 riyals from a company, in exchange for facilitating its contracting procedures with the ministry, “the owner and executive director of one of the Arab nationalities were arrested,” and he obtained an amount of 12,000 riyals from an expatriate, In return for his promise to issue the necessary permits for him to enable him to perform Hajj, and to issue a fake baptism from the Ministry for a hotel to set up a special occasion for him, and his participation with two citizens “intermediaries” and an employee of the Ministry of Justice and a notary who “was suspended” for completing the procedures for transferring ownership of land in an irregular manner, in exchange for an amount of 12,500 .000 riyals.

The third case: the arrest of an employee of the secretariat of one of the regions who previously worked in the Department of Lands and Properties and a representative of the secretariat in emptying the office of the notary;

For preparing decisions to allocate (forged) replacement of four residential plots of commercial land with a market value of 10,000,000 riyals, including two plots of land whose ownership was transferred from the secretariat to the director of the Security and Safety Department in the same secretariat (discontinued), and two plots of land whose ownership was transferred from the secretariat in favor of the mother of a friend The first (discontinued).

The fourth case: the arrest of an employee of the secretariat of one of the regions;

For having requested an amount of 1,500,000 riyals from a female citizen, in return for completing the procedures of an irregular land expropriation transaction, as well as asking a citizen for an amount of 50,000 riyals in return for completing the procedures of sorting a deed of six villas in an irregular manner.

Case Five: The arrest in flagrante delicto of a resident working for a company, while paying 20,000 riyals out of 180,000 riyals, in return for issuing 30 qualification and accreditation certificates to drive heavy equipment specialized in oil and gas works.

Case Six: Suspension of a retired employee from a private sector company;

For obtaining an amount of 180,000 riyals from another company contracting with the company in which he worked in exchange for renewing the company’s contract, disbursing his dues, and ignoring violations in its contracts.

The seventh case: a military arrest at the General Directorate of Civil Defense in one of the regions;

For seizing sums of money from the advance handed over to him, amounting to 160,000 riyals, by submitting incorrect documents for the disbursement of the amount.

Case Eight: Arrest in flagrante delicto of a resident while receiving an amount of 20,000 riyals out of 100,000 riyals, in return for completing an illegal real estate financing transaction for a citizen.

The ninth case: the arrest of three citizens, for having paid an amount of 64,000 sixty-four thousand riyals, in exchange for adding people to their family records claiming to be their children in an irregular manner.

Case Ten: Arresting two citizens working in the municipality of a region and two residents as "brokers", for obtaining sums of money ranging from 250 to 10,000 riyals, in return for carrying out illegal shop licenses transactions.

The eleventh case: the arrest of an employee in the municipality of one of the governorates;

For seizing equipment belonging to a company inside the municipality’s garage and requesting an amount of 5,000 riyals to be handed over to an “intermediary” citizen (he was arrested in flagrante delicto), in exchange for not issuing violations against the company.

Case 12: Suspension of a security guard working in a shelter in one of the regions;

For obtaining an amount of 5,000 riyals from a resident, in exchange for not deporting his son from the Kingdom.

Case Thirteen: Military Detention by the Police of a Governorate;

For having issued an incorrect record sheet for his brother (discontinued).

Case fourteen: arresting an employee of the General Administration of Education in one of the regions;

For employing the wives of his sons in the General Administration of Education without completing the appointment procedures and in an irregular manner.

Case 15: The arrest in flagrante delicto of two residents working for one of the companies contracting with the Saudi Electricity Company while they were tampering with the reading of electricity meters for some subscribers for a fee, with the aim of reducing the cost of electrical energy consumption.

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