An official source in the Control and Anti-Corruption Authority stated that the authority has initiated a number of criminal cases during the last period, and regular procedures are being completed against the perpetrators, and the most prominent cases were as follows:
The first case: in cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, a resident was arrested; For obtaining 6,600,000 riyals, in exchange for completing service procedures related to the Ministry (modifying the professions of expatriate workers, canceling the final exit visa) in an irregular manner by entering the Ministry’s system using the powers granted to one of its employees to work remotely “has been suspended” (it was found that the employee was suspended pending a criminal case during the period of completion of the transactions) as he handed over his mobile phone, which received verification messages that enable him to enter the Ministry’s systems, to the resident through one of his colleagues in the Ministry, who handed over the phone to the resident for use, as the total number of transactions that took place reached 5663 transactions that resulted in non-payment Fines and fees resulting from these operations for the benefit of the state treasury amounting to 75,751,371 riyals, and through the results of investigations and search and investigation procedures, 3 citizens were arrested; For playing the role of mediator in receiving transactions and the financial consideration for completing them in an irregular manner, in return for obtaining 800,000 riyals.
The second case: the arrest of an employee at a university for having seized 6,496,304 riyals during his tenure as director of the male and female students' rewards department at the university by adding bank accounts to the male and female students' rewards statement in the name of his wife and two of his brothers.
The third case: the arrest of a resident for appropriating 8,841,000 riyals from the bank account of the Execution Court by forging bank checks issued by the court and handing them over to a citizen and two residents (who were suspended), disbursing them and obtaining a percentage of those amounts.
The fourth case: the arrest of the director of self-resources, the director of financial affairs in health affairs in one of the regions, the director of maintenance and operation in a hospital in the same region, and a resident who works as an executive director of a commercial entity; For offering fake projects and awarding them to the commercial entity, disbursing their value without implementing them on the ground, and sharing their value of 1,416,253 riyals.
The fifth case: the arrest of a businessman and his brother who work in the General Administration of Education in one of the governorates. Because the former, in agreement with several commercial entities, awarded a number of projects for the General Administration of Education in the same governorate, through his brother, in exchange for sharing the sums of those projects without implementing them on the ground, as the total amounted to 1,685,000 million riyals.
The sixth case: the arrest of a former assistant to the director of health affairs for engineering projects in one of the governorates. For having, during his tenure, authorized a commercial entity owned by one of his relatives in a manner that violates the system to implement projects belonging to the General Directorate of Health Affairs and to pay the institution’s dues for those projects amounting to 927,350 riyals, and for that he received 432,270 riyals.
The seventh case: the arrest of four residents working in the Medical Supply Department of the General Directorate of Health Affairs in one of the regions; For having seized and sold medicines from the medical supply warehouse, the value of which is estimated at 306,461 riyals.
The eighth case: the arrest of two employees working in the education department in one of the governorates, for having seized 57,073 riyals from the bank account of the education department by transferring it to their bank accounts with incorrect payment credentials.
The ninth case: the arrest of a resident working for a commercial entity in flagrante delicto the moment he received 100,000 riyals out of the 400,000 riyals agreed upon in return for completing the procedures for disbursing financial extracts to a contracting company with the commercial entity in which he works.
The tenth case: In cooperation with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, a resident was arrested for attempting to smuggle 8 gold bars out of the Kingdom through an airport and offering him two bars of gold to the customs officer after he seized it in exchange for enabling him to pass and overlooking the rest of the quantity in his possession.
The eleventh case: In cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, a resident was caught in flagrante delicto at the moment he received it (30,000 riyals in return for canceling fines against a resident of the General Directorate of Passports system, and it was proven through investigations that a non-commissioned officer working in the passports of one of the regions “was suspended” in canceling fines in an illegal manner and obtaining sums of money for it.
The twelfth case: the arrest of an employee working in the municipality of one of the governorates, the moment he received 13,000 riyals in exchange for not issuing a violation against a commercial entity.
The thirteenth case: the arrest of a resident working in an engineering office approved by the secretariat of one of the governorates, the moment he received 5,000 riyals out of the 15,000 riyals agreed upon in return for lifting the suspension of a commercial activity license belonging to a citizen.
Case Fourteen: The arrest of a resident working for a company contracting with the National Water Company in one of the governorates, the moment he received 3,000 riyals in return for delivering water to a house in an irregular manner.
Case Fifteen: The arrest of an engineer (resident) working for a contracting company with the National Water Company, while receiving 2,500 riyals from a citizen in return for reducing the consumption of his water meter.
Case 16: In cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, a resident working for a company operating periodic technical inspections of cars and vehicles in one of the regions was arrested. For taking a vehicle license without checking it.
The seventeenth case: in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, a number of citizens and residents in separate areas were arrested; Because they offered sums of money to the security men in exchange for their release and not taking legal action against them for violations they committed.
“Nazaha” affirms that it continues to monitor and control anyone who encroaches on public money or exploits the position to achieve his personal interest or to harm the public interest and hold him accountable even after the termination of his relationship with the position, since financial and administrative corruption crimes do not fall under the statute of limitations, and that the Commission continues to implement what is required by the system. Right of transgressors without complacency.
Okaz (Riyadh)
