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Arab Times
14-07-2025
- Arab Times
Trio Jailed, Fined In Acquiring Kuwaiti Citizenship By Deceit
KUWAIT CITY, July 13: The Criminal Court closed one of the most serious cases of forgery and tampering with national identification cards. The court, headed by Counselor Mutab Al-Ardi, sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen and two Gulf nationals to seven years in prison with hard labor for forging Kuwaiti citizenship and tampering with official documents over 30 years -- from 1994 to 2024. The court also fined them and ordered them to pay a total of more than KD473,000. The penalties include the dismissal of the Kuwaiti defendant from public office, repayment of KD15,912, and a fine of double that amount. Another defendant was ordered to repay KD132,142 and a similar fine. According to the investigation results, the Public Prosecution charged one of the defendants with forging a nationality certificate, birth certificate, and civil identification card in the name of another defendant who claimed to be his son. This was done in agreement with another defendant, a Gulf national (the other defendant's real father ) to obtain official Kuwaiti documents based on false information. The investigations indicated that the Kuwaiti defendant exploited his position as a public employee to unlawfully seize money, including child allowances from the Ministry of Health and sums from the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) totaling more than KD13,000. He used fraudulent methods to falsely claim that another defendant was his son who, in turn, fraudulently obtained a housing loan of KD4,000 from Kuwait Credit Bank (KCB); a rental allowance of KD18,600 and an additional KD109,542 from the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM), benefiting from privileges allocated to Kuwaiti citizens. Investigations conducted by a Nationality and Passports investigation officer revealed that the defendants agreed to include the other defendant's son in the Kuwaiti's citizenship file, exploiting the goodwill of employees at the Nationality and Travel Documents General Department. The other defendant's photos on his citizenship documents matched his official identification documents in his Gulf country, according to the forensic evidence report
Arab Times
14-07-2025
- Arab Times
Civil ID Fraud: Kuwaiti Employee Gets 5 Years for Bribery
KUWAIT CITY, July 14: The Criminal Court, presided over by Lawyer Mutab Al-Ardi, has sentenced a Kuwaiti employee of the Public Authority for Civil Information to five years in prison for accepting bribes from expats in exchange for falsifying their registered addresses. The court also handed down identical five-year prison sentences to the expat accomplices, imposed fines amounting to twice the total bribe amount, and ordered their deportation from the country following their arrest by security authorities.
Arab Times
13-07-2025
- Arab Times
Kuwaiti and Two Gulf Nationals Jailed for Forging Citizenship Documents
KUWAIT CITY, July 13: The Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Mutab Al-Ardi, has sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen and two Gulf nationals to seven years in prison with hard labor, following their conviction in a major citizenship fraud case spanning three decades. The court also ordered the defendants to return all illegally obtained funds and imposed a financial penalty exceeding KD 473,000. According to the charges brought by the Public Prosecution, the three individuals were found guilty of forging key documents (including a Kuwaiti citizenship certificate, birth certificate, and debit card) between 1994 and 2024, with the intent of unlawfully acquiring financial and state benefits reserved for Kuwaiti nationals. In its verdict, the court affirmed its confidence in the findings of the officer from the Nationality and Passports Investigation Department, whose confidential inquiry uncovered a scheme involving all three accused. The investigation revealed that the first defendant, a Kuwaiti citizen, colluded with the second defendant, a Gulf national, to falsely register the third defendant (the son of the second) as his own to add him to his citizenship file. Based on this fraudulent claim, the first defendant submitted falsified information to the General Directorate of Nationality and Travel Documents, which enabled the third defendant to unlawfully obtain a Kuwaiti civil ID, passport, and citizenship certificate. The court ruled that all three defendants be held equally responsible, sentencing each to seven years of imprisonment with hard labor, in addition to full restitution and a substantial financial fine. The case is regarded as one of the more significant rulings in recent years involving citizenship fraud and misappropriation of state resources.
Arab Times
21-04-2025
- Arab Times
Egyptian Pharmacist Gets 15 Years for Drug Theft, Forgery, and Embezzlement
KUWAIT CITY, April 21: The Criminal Court, presided over by Counselor Mutab Al-Ardi, has sentenced an Egyptian pharmacist to 15 years in prison with hard labor for stealing and embezzling growth hormone medications and forging prescriptions. Investigations revealed that the pharmacist, employed at a government hospital, had been illegally obtaining and selling muscle growth hormone drugs to bodybuilders, gym-goers, and athletes by falsifying prescriptions. The total value of the stolen medications was estimated at 14,000 dinars. In addition to the prison sentence, the court ordered his dismissal from public service, imposed a fine of 28,000 dinars—twice the amount embezzled—and ruled for his deportation after completing the sentence.
