3-member gang busted for tampering with official data in residential address scam
The Ministry of Interior announced that officers from the Farwaniya Governorate Criminal Investigation Department have dismantled a three-member gang involved in forging official documents and manipulating civil data to unlawfully change residential addresses in return for money.
The ministry statement said, this happened after authorities received information about individuals falsifying lease contracts and civil records, using automated building numbers in the Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Farwaniya areas to process illegal address changes. The gang reportedly charged between 40 and 120 dinars for each transaction, reports Al-Rai daily.
Acting on the tip, a team was formed to track the suspects, monitor their activities and identify their methods. The investigation confirmed that the group collected automated numbers from various buildings and inserted false information into official documents to push through unlawful address modifications.
A coordinated operation was carried out once the evidence was complete, resulting in the arrest of the three suspects—one Asian and two of Arabs — who were caught in the act. Authorities seized 1,694 dinars, a printing device, a storage drive, a camera, and several forged documents.
The ministry stated that the suspects confessed to the charges when confronted with the evidence. Both the accused and the seized materials have been referred to the competent authorities for legal action.
