Expat gang selling Civil IDs to illegal expats busted

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KUWAIT CITY, May 16: A three member gang of forgers has been busted by the security authorities and referred to the Public Prosecution, reports Al-Anba daily.

The daily added, the gang members were arrested after the Directorate General of Investigation of Residence receiving a tip-off that a printing house in Fahaheel was falsifying identification cards and commercial licenses.

The men, who are expected to be put behind bars for not less than three to seven years, were allegedly selling forged Civil ID cards to residence law violators for money ranging between 20 and 30 dinars and commercial licenses from KD 50 to KD 100.

Security sources said the forged documents were prepared in a semi-precise technical manner. The sources said the three expatriates working in the office have admitted to forging documents and selling them to the expatriates in exchange for money.

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