Nazaha initiates investigations into some criminal cases

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The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) has initiated a number of criminal cases recently, and is currently working on completing the relevant legal formalities, the Authority announced.

Nazaha clarified in its report the details of the cases, stating in the first case it arrested an expatriate, who works for a local company, for receiving SAR 1.296 million bank transfers to his personal accounts in Switzerland.

Five employees at the Ministry of Health were also arrested for seizing SAR 9.263 million. This amount represents the salaries and dues of some expats, who left the Kingdom after the termination of their contracts.

In the fourth case, a retired officer at the Ministry of Defense was also arrested for receiving payments worth SAR 945,000 from a commercial entity, using the bank account of a citizen to award a contract to that entity.

The report included a total of thirteen cases, in which investigations were initiated against several people to decide on allegations of corruption and bribery.