KUWAIT CITY, Sep 18: A forgery case has been registered at Hawally Police Station following a dispute over KD 1,200 involving an employer and two expatriates, one of whom works as an accountant. The case file has been referred to the Public Prosecution for reinvestigation of all parties involved.

According to a security source, the case began when one of the expatriates visited the police station to contest a commercial lawsuit filed by his employer. The lawsuit claimed that the employee had received an advance of KD 1,200 and refused to return it.

The expatriate denied taking any advance payments, explaining that he had indeed received KD 1,200 from the office, but it was a commission paid to him by the accountant for facilitating a contract between the office and a client. He further requested that the accountant be included as a party in the case, asserting that the receipt confirming the payment was in the accountant’s possession. He claimed that the receipt had been tampered with — specifically, the word “commission” had been replaced with “advance.”

Investigators opened a formal inquiry into the incident and summoned all parties involved for questioning. Following the investigation, authorities concluded that the KD 1,200 was legitimately received as a commission and not as an advance. The receipt had indeed been altered, but it remains unclear who was responsible for the forgery — whether it was the employer or the accountant.

The case continues to be under investigation as the Public Prosecution examines all evidence to determine responsibility for the document tampering.