Gulf national sentenced to seven years for forging Kuwaiti nationality
The Court of Cassation ordered the seizure of 253,000 dinars in salaries and 16,000 dinars in bank loans, and imposed an 800,000 dinar fine on the accused, who was employed in the Ministry of Defense.
• The Public Prosecution accused a citizen of committing the crime of forgery in official documents, intending to use them in a way that misrepresents the truth.
The Court of Cassation, presided over by Chancellor Sultan Borsli, has ruled in a forgery case involving nationality. The court sentenced a Gulf national, employed as an “undersecretary corporal” in the Ministry of Defense, to seven years in prison for forging Kuwaiti nationality from 1993 until February 2020. Additionally, the court ordered the seizure of 253,000 dinars in salaries and 16,000 dinars in bank loans, and imposed a fine of 800,000 dinars, according to Al Qabas newspaper.
The Public Prosecution accused a citizen of committing the crime of forgery in official documents, intending to use them in a way that misrepresents the truth. These documents included a request to prove Kuwaiti nationality, a birth certificate, a civil card, and appointment papers for the Ministry of Defense, all of which were forged by the Gulf accused and falsely attributed to the citizen.
According to the case details, forged documents were submitted to prove that the ‘Gulf national’ was the legitimate son of the citizen. Both the citizen and the accused interacted with employees in good faith, who were responsible for processing nationality-related documents, and dictated false statements to them.
The facts revealed that after the accused obtained Kuwaiti nationality through forgery, he was appointed to the Ministry of Defense.
In the first-instance trial, the court sentenced the citizen, in absentia, to seven years in prison for his role in the forgery of nationality, falsely claiming that the Gulf accused was his legitimate son.
