Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority has initiated a criminal case against an expat who illegal received SAR6.6 million to clear expat fines, according to a report by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The fines were cleared to allow these expats to leave the country, and in the process cost Saudi Arabia’s treasury SAR76 million.
According to the report, the expat used an employee phone to confirm OTPs and access Ministry websites, exploited a remote worker’s credentials, while the worker was on a suspension period during the hack.
About 5,663 transactions took place, resulting in the non-payment of fines. The fee for these transactions came up to SAR 75,751,371.
Three individuals were detained as part of an inquiry for acting as intermediaries to receive payments and completing transactions in an irregular manner in exchange for receiving a total of SAR 800,000 in financial compensation.
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