Nazaha probes 889 corruption cases of over SAR 700 mln

The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) has recently probed 889 criminal and disciplinary cases of over SAR 700 million, including briberies, abuse of power, fraud and illicit gains.

A number of municipality employees, defense ministry officers, a branch manager at the Ministry of Justice, an inspector, as well as other nationals and residents in the Kingdom were involved in these cases.
 

In the first case, 13 municipality employees, 4 businessmen and 5 residents were arrested for abuse of power and making illicit gains of SAR 193.6 million.
 

In the second case, two residents were arrested while receiving a cash amount of SAR 1 million and a check worth SAR 3 million.
 

Other cases involved the arrest of an inspector for conspiracy with another person to receive SAR 300,000.
 

Moreover, two officers and two female employees were also caught on power abuse and bribery, as they issued 223 traffic licenses for a total value of SAR 1,500-SAR 3,000 each.