The Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced on Tuesday prison sentences and fines in a number of criminal cases.
The perpetrators were referred to the Criminal Court in Riyadh (divisions of financial and administrative corruption cases).
The rulings included a seven-year jail term and a fine of 60,000 riyals against a police officer, who was convicted of smuggling out detainees in violation of his job duties. He was also accused of covering up for the detainees
A governor of a region was sentenced to three years in jail and a fine of 25,000 riyals for embezzlement and bribery.
A director at a director at the Expropriation Department was charged with bribery, forgery and money laundering. He was sentenced to five years in jail and a fine of 350,000 riyals.
A resident, who works for a contracting company affiliated with the Ministry of Education, was convicted of offering 300,000 riyals as a bribe to one of the ministry’s employees in exchange for signing unauthentic certificates of completion in order to spend the company’s funds. He was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 100,000 riyals.
A lawyer was convicted of bribery and money laundering. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and a fine of 70,000 riyals. An employee at the Public Prosecution was convicted of bribery, money laundering and violating his duties by disclosing confidential information about cases. He was sentenced to five years and six months in prison and a fine of 50,000 riyals. Another employee was convicted of bribery and money laundering. He was sentenced to four years and six months in prison and a fine of 50,000 riyals.
An employee of the General Administration of Prisons was convicted of bribery and was sentenced to a year and six months in prison and a fine of 15,000 riyals.
A judge was convicted of bribery, abuse of power and breach of the integrity of his position. He was sentenced to ten years in prison and a fine of 300,000 riyals.
An officer, in the rank of colonel in the General Administration of Civil Defense, was convicted of bribery, abuse of power for personal gain, embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. He was sentenced to ten years in prison and a fine of 600,000 riyals.
A businessman was convicted of bribery, abuse of power, embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and a fine of 1,650,000 riyals.
The Authority underscored the efforts and cooperation of government agencies in fighting financial and administrative corruption and the development of policies and procedures to that end.
