Corruption authorities make arrests in 13 cases
JEDDAH: The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority has put up information on its official Twitter account about 13 corruption cases it has been pursuing. The authority, also known as Nazaha, said the cases included financial and administrative corruption crimes, abuse of power, embezzlement and money laundering. Below are four of the most prominent of the cases. A resident working for a local company has been suspended for bribery, receiving money transfers to his personal accounts outside the Kingdom in Switzerland. Investigations revealed bribery of SR1,296,061 ($346,000) from the manager of a foreign company in exchange for obtaining a subcontract with the resident’s company that is also in contract with a university in Saudi Arabia. The authority also arrested five Ministry of Health employees for exploiting the influence of the public office, embezzlement, and forgery. They were caught taking SR9,263,900 in the form of salaries and entitlements of for...