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Major crackdown on those involved in corruption and mismanagement in Saudi Arabia
 Dozens of government employees, including judges, arrested, one judge found receiving bribe for issuing bogus checks

Riyadh 

(Latest Newspaper) Another major operation has been launched in Saudi Arabia against those involved in corruption and mismanagement, as a result of which several government officials have been arrested, including two judges. Also included. According to Al-Arabiya News, the Saudi Anti-Corruption Commission has stated that it has recently started investigating several cases of criminal, administrative and financial corruption.

   Legal action is being taken against the accused in these cases. The Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture provided Rs. 100 million as compensation for 32 properties in a dam. Payment stopped. The appellate judge has been suspended in this case.

   

   The judge is accused of issuing corruption checks and accepting bribes in return.

   Twelve government employees have also been implicated in the case. In another case, 12 locals and a Gulf national were arrested in collaboration with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority. He is accused of trying to smuggle tobacco out of the country across the border. The accused tried to show that the furniture was brought in the container. The accused had paid 920,000 riyals out of 2 million riyals to the Gulf agent.

   The Anti-Corruption Commission, in collaboration with the Interior Ministry, has arrested an accountant working in the General Directorate of Prisons. He is involved in taking bribes from inmates in exchange for a prison ban. The accused has also seized illegally deposited amount of 2 million riyals and his wife has also been arrested on the charge of collaborating with the accused.

   In one case, an administrative court judge was arrested on charges of illegally cooperating in the issuance of international travel tickets. The accused had received a bribe of 2.5 million riyals on the charge of this scam. In the fifth case, a university employee has been arrested. He had illegally laundered Rs 2,166,000 for 17 projects through direct purchases to commercial establishments affiliated with his relatives. In the sixth case, he received Rs 1.6 million from the owner of the company through an employee of the company. Following the suspension of the appeals judge of the administrative court, legal action has been initiated against him