Saudi corruption settlements will net "not significantly less" than $13 bln in 2019 -minister

Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaan speaks during a news conference in Riyadh, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ December 18, 2018. (Reuters)
  • Mohammed al-Jadaan also said that construction giant Saudi Binladin Group would soon have a "normal board" with family members and representatives of government

RIYADH: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ's finance minister said on Wednesday that cash settlements from an anti-corruption campaign would net "not significantly less" in 2019 than the 50 billion Saudi riyals ($13.3 billion) collected in 2018.
Mohammed al-Jadaan also said in a Reuters interview that construction giant Saudi Binladin Group, in which the government took a roughly one third stake under the campaign, would soon have a "normal board" with family members and representatives of government ownership.
He added that the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, has no role in a ministry-owned company that is managing assets seized through settlements with dozens of Saudi elite detained last year under the corruption purge.