Kuwait revokes 87 citizenship files linked to drug dealer’s forged lineage
This case, described by officials as one of the most complex fraud networks in Kuwait’s history, highlights the long-term consequences of neglecting past forgery cases and the dangers of political interference in nationality matters.
In a dramatic escalation of the case involving a drug trafficker found with one million Captagon pills, authorities have uncovered a sprawling, multi-generational citizenship fraud network that led to the revocation of 87 Kuwaiti nationalities.
According to informed sources, the Supreme Committee for Nationality Investigation convened Thursday and revoked the citizenships of the drug dealer’s father and grandfather, who were discovered to have obtained it fraudulently. This decision followed the retrieval of confession records dating back to 1994, which provided critical evidence linking the family to a long-standing identity forgery scheme, reports Al-Rai daily.
The case centers around Zaid bin Fulan bin Allan, the alleged drug trafficker, who was arrested with falsified Gulf identity documents. Investigations revealed that Zaid had purchased Kuwaiti citizenship for KD 15,000 from a man later found to have no familial connection to him.
The investigation widened after it was confirmed that both the seller and his father, arrested back in 1994 for document forgery, had regained Kuwaiti nationality in 2005 through political lobbying, despite a 2002 Cabinet decision to revoke it.
During Thursday’s session, the committee re-examined the 1994 investigation files, which included confessions of forged affiliations and fabricated birth records. One notable revelation was that the drug dealer’s “aunt” was in fact an Iraqi woman falsely added to the family file under a Kuwaiti name, and her biological son was recorded as her brother — and therefore appeared in official records as the son of Allan.
This forged lineage from grandfather to grandson resulted in the illegal naturalization of dozens of individuals, with citizenships built on a completely false family structure. Authorities stated that the entire file was structurally forged — a striking example of systemic identity fraud.
By the end of the investigation, 87 individuals tied to the fake lineage were stripped of their Kuwaiti nationality.
The current status of the principal figures is as follows – the drug dealer is in prison. the man who sold the nationality is deceased, the grandfather, who started the fraud in the 1990s, is also in prison for forgery.
This case, described by officials as one of the most complex fraud networks in Kuwait’s history, highlights the long-term consequences of neglecting past forgery cases and the dangers of political interference in nationality matters.
