Evidence exposes multiple fake identities, lineages, as Kuwait cracks down nationality fraud
Records show five Gulf brothers linked to multiple forged Kuwaiti identities and family affiliations
The Supreme Committee for Kuwaiti Nationality Investigation, headed by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef, is intensifying a nationwide campaign to enforce the new Nationality Law and dismantle decades-old citizenship forgery networks through extensive investigations in coordination with the Nationality Investigation Department and other competent authorities.
According to informed sources, the investigators have uncovered sophisticated methods had been used to manipulate Kuwaiti nationality records, including impersonating deceased persons, adding fictitious children to citizenship files, altering lineage and family data, and using forged identities to illegally obtain Kuwaiti citizenship.
Authorities stressed that the new Nationality Law is being applied firmly and without exceptions in order to protect Kuwait’s identity and purge citizenship records of all forms of fraud and manipulation.
Article 14 of the law is now being enforced, allowing citizenship revocation for anyone proven to have illegally added non-biological children or descendants to nationality files.
The move follows the expiry of a grace period announced by the Ministry of Interior, during which violators were encouraged to voluntarily disclose illegal additions to citizenship records in exchange for exemption from legal penalties, reports Al-Rai daily.
Officials confirmed that individuals who failed to regularize their status now face full legal action, including citizenship withdrawal or revocation based on official evidence and investigation findings.
In one of the first major cases under Article One of the law, the authorities revoked the Kuwaiti citizenship from a citizen after DNA fingerprint evidence conclusively proved that two men listed as his sons had been fictitiously added to his nationality file.
Investigators obtained approval from the Public Prosecution to conduct DNA testing on the two individuals and a Gulf resident, with results proving that the Gulf resident was their biological brother.
Further investigations revealed that the Kuwaiti citizen officially registered as their father was still alive. DNA testing later confirmed that he had no biological relationship with the two men listed as his sons, providing investigators with two decisive pieces of scientific evidence such as, proof of the brothers’ real Gulf lineage and definitive denial of any blood relationship with the Kuwaiti father named in official records.
Sources stated that the father could have avoided legal consequences had he utilized the earlier grace period to disclose the forgery voluntarily.
However, because he failed to report the violations, authorities decided to revoke his citizenship under Article One, of the new law, considering him complicit in submitting false information and concealing forgery.
Officials clarified that the revocation applies only to the individual directly involved and does not affect his legitimate Kuwaiti children.
In another major breakthrough, Nationality Investigation officers uncovered one of the most complicated citizenship fraud operations in Kuwait’s history involving five Gulf brothers linked to multiple forged Kuwaiti identities and family affiliations.
According to the investigations, three of the brothers managed to obtain Kuwaiti citizenship under completely different names while each falsely claimed affiliation to different Kuwaiti fathers and separate families.
The remaining two brothers were later added to nationality files as sons of two of their other brothers in an elaborate attempt to integrate the entire family into Kuwaiti citizenship records through forgery.
Authorities discovered that one brother used a different Gulf identity during travel and residency procedures, while another had previously renounced his Gulf nationality after discrepancies were uncovered in the early 2000s.
A third brother was also found to possess another Gulf identity unrelated to the Kuwaiti records under which he operated.
Despite the differences in names, identities and family affiliations documented in official records, DNA fingerprinting conclusively proved that all five individuals are full biological brothers. Investigators said the case involved five forged citizenship identities and approximately 330 dependents linked to the manipulated nationality files.
Sources described the investigations as among the most serious and complex nationality fraud cases uncovered in Kuwait due to the extensive use of forged documents, fabricated lineage records and multiple fake identities.
Authorities said the files were referred for legal and security action after completing comprehensive reviews of documents, evidence and scientific examinations.
The committee is also conducting a broader review of older nationality files, particularly cases that showed suspicious changes after the Iraqi invasion or involved sudden alterations in family affiliation, lineage data and dependent registrations.
Officials emphasized that the intensified campaign reflects Kuwait’s broader efforts to strengthen the integrity of citizenship records, enforce the provisions of the new Nationality Law and prevent future manipulation of nationality files through stricter legal and scientific verification procedures.
