25/08/2025
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25/08/2025
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Kuwait Court
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 24: In a series of judicial rulings that reflect the diversity of cases filed in courts, the Criminal Court announced different verdicts on Sunday for various cases, including embezzlement of public funds through forgery, cyber-extortion, and fraud in the recruitment of domestic workers.
In the first case, the court overturned a previous ruling -- the four-year imprisonment with hard labor imposed on a citizen for allegedly embezzling KD48,000 social assistance funds from the Ministry of Social Affairs for eight years by falsifying her information, claiming she was ‘single or divorced’. The court affirmed that the accused took the initiative to repay the entire embezzled amount; hence, the decision to refrain from imposing punishment, as the measures taken are deemed sufficient to deter the defendant.
In the second case, the Criminal Court sentenced an Egyptian to two years in prison with hard labor and deportation for betraying his friend and stealing the latter’s Facebook account. He resorted to blackmailing and threatening his friend’s wife in exchange for illicit benefits. Investigations by the cybercrime officer proved that the accused was the actual user of the account, and he was confronted with compelling evidence that led to his conviction.
In the third case, the court convicted a Bedoun of fraud as he misled a citizen into believing the procedures for recruiting a domestic worker were valid and extorted KD400 from him. The court sentenced the Bedoun to one year in prison with hard labor and deportation, stating in its reasoning that the defendant’s actions constituted blatant fraud and harmed the rights of the victim.
By Jaber Al-Hamoud Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff
