Nazaha initiates several criminal cases

Nazaha headquarters

Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) recently initiated several criminal cases. Legal procedures against the accused are underway.

Among 20 cases, Nazaha said, in cooperation with the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), two bank employees were arrested for obtaining money from a resident in exchange for depositing sums without verifying their source in bank accounts belonging to commercial entities. The total amounts deposited in two years amounted to SAR 7.34 million.

In a separate case, an employee working at the Criminal Court was detained for providing a citizen with a medical report without regular protocol. Due to this, a court ruling was issued to compensate the citizen with SAR 687,000 from an insurance company. The employee was expected to receive SAR 300,000 from this compensation.

Also, a resident was arrested for receiving SAR 917,000, in exchange for sub-awarding government contracts to a commercial entity that does not have a classification to secure such contracts.

A soldier working at the General Department of Traffic was detained for receiving SAR 387,000 from the owner of a public services office to amend the data of some vehicles and trucks.

Meanwhile, an expert appointed by the Commercial Court was arrested upon receiving SAR 65,000 out of SAR 150,000, in exchange for preparing a technical report that includes incorrect information related to a case.