Two Gulf Nationals Sentenced to Seven Years for Forging Kuwaiti Citizenship
The Criminal Court, presided over by Counselor Nasser Al-Badr, has sentenced two Gulf nationals to seven years in prison and imposed a fine of one million Kuwaiti dinars each, after finding them guilty of forging Kuwaiti citizenship by falsely claiming kinship with a deceased Kuwaiti citizen.
According to the Public Prosecution, the defendants, in their capacity as employees, illegally obtained financial benefits and seized funds from several state institutions — including the Kuwait Credit Bank, the Public Authority for Manpower, and the Public Institution for Housing Welfare — by misrepresenting themselves as Kuwaiti citizens.
Investigations revealed that the defendants forged official documents such as a civil ID, nationality certificate, and passport to substantiate their false identities. These forged documents were used to deceive government employees, who in good faith entered the fraudulent data into official databases, enabling the defendants to unlawfully receive citizen-exclusive benefits.
The court determined that the fraud and forgery offenses were interconnected, leading to the illegal disbursement of substantial funds to the defendants’ bank accounts.
