Nazaha: Retired colonel, 3 residents arrested for involvement in corruption

The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) headquarters

Saad bin Ibrahim Al-Yusuf, colonel retired from the Kingdom’s Presidency of State Security, was arrested while receiving a check worth SAR 30 million out of an agreed amount of SAR 100 million. He claimed to have closed a financial and administrative corruption case related to a businessman, said a source at the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha).

In a statement, Nazaha said the colonel exploited information that had been available to him during his previous work, with the assistance of a female named Amnah Mohammed Ali Abdullah, of Yemeni origin. Abdullah falsely claimed to hold a government position and claimed she was a member of one of the ruling families of a Gulf state.

Abdullah forged a letter, including a royal order, to deceive the businessman.

The pair also collected SAR 80 million from citizens, with the assistance of a Syrian called Mohammed Saleem Atfah and a Sudanese resident named Adel Najm Aldeen.

They claimed to have invested the sum in state projects but the group of four purchased real estate inside and outside the Kingdom, and valuable possessions that were then smuggled out of the Kingdom, the authority said.

They were detained and legal proceedings are being taken against them, Nazaha noted.