27/01/2026
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27/01/2026
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KUWAIT CITY, Jan 26: Authorities have uncovered a sophisticated forgery case involving the fraudulent registration of children under false identities. The case came to light after the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef, received credible information and immediately referred it to the Nationality Investigations Department for a thorough inquiry and verification, reports Al-Rai daily. The case involves 62 individuals.
The first defendant, the alleged relative, has 28 sons and daughters registered under his file, including the four children of the Gulf national whose registration was fraudulent. The second defendant, the alleged relative’s brother, has 30 sons and daughters registered under his file with Kuwaiti citizenship. The files of the three defendants and all their dependents were presented to the Higher Committee for Citizenship, which decided to revoke their Kuwaiti citizenship.
According to informed sources, the case centers on a Kuwaiti woman married to a Gulf national who allegedly registered her children under her brother’s and his Kuwaiti wife’s nationality files. She reportedly impersonated her brother’s wife during each birth, using the civil ID cards of both her brother and his wife. Initial investigations revealed that the four forged births were registered between 2001 and 2003 as part of an organized fraudulent scheme.
Review
The Nationality Investigations Department began an intensive review of the brother’s file, verifying the number of children registered under his name and examining their registered addresses. Investigators discovered that while some children were registered at the brother’s actual address, others were listed at a different location. Monitoring of entry and exit movements of all registered children revealed that those registered at addresses different from the brother’s were actually residing with the Gulf national, believed to be the woman’s husband, and traveling with him.
The investigation revealed a medical trip abroad that occurred less than a year ago. Through coordination between the Nationality Investigations Department and Airport Security, authorities confirmed that the children’s seats on the flight were adjacent to the Gulf national’s seat. Airport security camera footage clearly showed the children accompanying the Gulf national from the moment they entered the airport until they boarded the plane and sat together.
After completing the investigation, the First Deputy Attorney General was informed that the information had been verified, and all procedures were finalized. However, the case was deliberately frozen, awaiting the Gulf national’s return from medical treatment abroad, at which point he could be apprehended.
