02 doctors arrested by anti-corruption, KSA
Riyadh, The Gulf Observer: Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption authority has arrested 02 doctors who were accused of preparing medical reports showing that they performed 18,953 operations and demanding hospitals to pay SR87 million.
The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) said the consultants did not perform the operations themselves but paid money to unauthorized doctors to perform the surgeries on their behalf.
An official source at Nazaha revealed details of the case on Tuesday while announcing arrests in several other graft cases.The source said the authority initiated action over 17 corruption cases recently.
He said legal procedures were underway against those accused in these cases.Among one of the most notable cases, the authority arrested a retired employee from a municipality for receiving money in exchange for approving land plans during his work in the municipality’s City Planning Department.
The man had in his bank accounts deposits amounting to a total of SR81,234,439, but he could not provide reasonable justifications on the sources of the money.
In another case, an officer in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel with the Police Department in one of the governorates was arrested for embezzling SR755,900.The authority also arrested a former employee in a sub-municipality for illegally awarding projects worth SR10,944,387 to a commercial entity he owns.
A citizen and a resident were arrested for illegally issuing medical certificates to renew driving licenses in return for money.With the cooperation of the Public Prosecution, an employee at the Public Prosecution in one of the governorates was arrested for disclosing confidential information about a case and the details of the investigation in exchange for personal benefit.
