Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Control and Corruption Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced, on Thursday, that it has initiated 120 criminal cases involving 184 citizens and residents, and the following are the most prominent 9 of them, according to the official Saudi Press Agency:
– The first case: a continuation of what was announced on 2/1/1442 AH and 2/28/1442 AH regarding the available information about the existence of suspicion of corruption for a number of municipality employees of one of the governorates, and one of them spent an amount of (110.006.545) one hundred and ten million and six One thousand five hundred and forty-five riyals unlawfully for several commercial entities. Thirty-eight million three hundred and seventy-eight thousand four hundred and eleven riyals (38,378,411) have been recovered, and work is underway to recover the remainder of the total amount unlawfully disbursed.
– The second case: suspending the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce in one of the regions for having transferred an amount of (8,000,000) eight million riyals from the Chamber of Commerce account and using it to issue a check to the execution court to pay a financial claim to a citizen.
– The third case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, an officer and non-commissioned officer working in the General Directorate of Civil Defense in one of the regions and an Arab national working for an institution specialized in the field of safety were arrested. Because the first and the second established the institution in which the expatriate works using the name of another citizen, and they complicate and disrupt the safety licenses of the establishments wishing to obtain them, to force them to contract with the institution, as what the first got amounted to (5,948,572) five million nine hundred forty-eight thousand and five One hundred seventy-two riyals.
The fourth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, an officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel working in one of the Ministry of Interior sectors was arrested For obtaining an amount of (2,000,000) two million riyals from the owner of a company in exchange for facilitating the issuance of the necessary licenses for the company.
– The fifth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, (3) non-commissioned officers working in the General Traffic Department, (6) employees previously working for an insurance company, and (5) citizens were suspended. For fabricating fake traffic accidents, and through them, they obtained financial compensation from the insurance company, totaling (1.918.167) million, nine hundred and eighteen thousand, one hundred and sixty-seven riyals.
– The sixth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and the General Authority of Customs, (3) residents of Asian nationality were arrested for the alleged crime; Because they offered (1,590,000) one million five hundred ninety thousand riyals in exchange for clearing and releasing prohibited items that were seized by customs.
The seventh case: a notary was suspended for issuing (33) agencies in an illegal manner, in addition to offering an amount of (1,500,000) one million five hundred thousand riyals to one of those affected by those agencies in exchange for not submitting a complaint against him.
The eighth case: the suspension of an assistant general manager for health affairs in one of the regions, and an Arab resident working under his administration. For their tampering with official documents and including incorrect data for work not carried out by an institution contracting with health affairs, owned by the mother of the first wife, “an agent and delegate on her bank accounts”, with the aim of disbursing the contract value of (204,000) two hundred and four thousand riyals.
The ninth case: In cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, a non-commissioned officer working for the General Directorate of Narcotics Control in one of the governorates was arrested for the red flag. For having received an amount (5,000) five thousand riyals from a resident in exchange for canceling the travel ban.
