Nazaha investigates 15 corruption cases involving bribery, abuse of office
Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) has initiated legal proceedings in 15 criminal cases involving bribery, abuse of office, embezzlement and misuse of public funds, with investigations and statutory procedures still underway. 
The cases included the arrest of a businessman who allegedly offered SAR 1.6 million to a customs broker to facilitate the entry of two containers carrying restricted tobacco products through Jeddah Islamic Port without paying customs duties worth SAR 14 million.
In another case, a Ministry of Health employee allegedly received SAR 900,000 in installments in exchange for unlawfully awarding several projects to a commercial entity.
Separately, an expatriate working on a Ministry of Energy project was arrested while receiving SAR 200,000 in return for not issuing fines and violations worth SAR 1.5 million against a company.
Nazaha also arrested an engineering consultant appointed as a court expert after he allegedly received SAR 50,000, part of an agreed SAR 100,000 bribe, to prepare a technical report in favor of one party in a commercial dispute.
Other cases involved public employees allegedly accepting bribes ranging from SAR 2,500 to SAR 60,500 to alter customs records, complete government transactions, avoid labor violations, issue incorrect documents, and facilitate vehicle inspections and driving license procedures unlawfully.
Nazaha also uncovered cases involving illegal recruitment of relatives by municipal employees, misappropriation of government-owned computer equipment, fraudulent issuance of medical examination reports, irregular vehicle inspection procedures, and the issuance of a driving license without the applicant attending the required training.
Nazaha stressed that it will continue to clamp down on misuse of public office or public funds.
Nazaha investigates 15 corruption cases involving bribery, abuse of office
Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) has initiated legal proceedings in 15 criminal cases involving bribery, abuse of office, embezzlement and misuse of public funds, with investigations and statutory procedures still underway.
The cases included the arrest of a businessman who allegedly offered SAR 1.6 million to a customs broker to facilitate the entry of two containers carrying restricted tobacco products through Jeddah Islamic Port without paying customs duties worth SAR 14 million.
In another case, a Ministry of Health employee allegedly received SAR 900,000 in installments in exchange for unlawfully awarding several projects to a commercial entity.
Separately, an expatriate working on a Ministry of Energy project was arrested while receiving SAR 200,000 in return for not issuing fines and violations worth SAR 1.5 million against a company.
Nazaha also arrested an engineering consultant appointed as a court expert after he allegedly received SAR 50,000, part of an agreed SAR 100,000 bribe, to prepare a technical report in favor of one party in a commercial dispute.
Other cases involved public employees allegedly accepting bribes ranging from SAR 2,500 to SAR 60,500 to alter customs records, complete government transactions, avoid labor violations, issue incorrect documents, and facilitate vehicle inspections and driving license procedures unlawfully.
Nazaha also uncovered cases involving illegal recruitment of relatives by municipal employees, misappropriation of government-owned computer equipment, fraudulent issuance of medical examination reports, irregular vehicle inspection procedures, and the issuance of a driving license without the applicant attending the required training.
Nazaha stressed that it will continue to clamp down on misuse of public office or public funds.
