19/09/2024
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19/09/2024
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KUWAIT CITY, Sep 19: The Deputy Attorney General has ordered the detention of an employee from Residence Affairs on charges of forgery after the individual was found to have illegally added workers under Kuwaiti citizens' sponsorship without the knowledge after taking a bribe.
The case began when a citizen filed a complaint with the Public Prosecution, stating that he discovered a worker listed under his sponsorship without his consent. Residence Affairs investigators were tasked with looking into the matter, and their inquiry revealed that the employee had processed the transaction. Further investigation showed that this employee had been involved in nine similar cases, though previous sponsors had withdrawn their complaints.
When questioned, the employee initially denied the charges. However, an expatriate linked to the complaint was also detained and admitted to paying the employee for completing the sponsorship transaction. Upon confronting the employee with this testimony, she confessed to adding expatriates to sponsors’ files without their knowledge in exchange for money. The case has been referred to the Public Prosecution, which has now launched a formal investigation and ordered her detention.
