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Fake UK Apartments Scam Lands Kuwaiti Woman In Jail

KD 1.15 Million Fine Plus 4 Years Imprisonment

publish time

30/06/2025

publish time

30/06/2025

Fake UK Apartments Scam Lands Kuwaiti Woman In Jail

KUWAIT CITY, June 30: The Court of Cassation has sentenced a Kuwaiti businesswoman to four years in prison with hard labor and fined her 1,152,000 Kuwaiti dinars after convicting her of defrauding several citizens. She falsely claimed to offer residential apartments in the UK for Kuwaiti students, convincing parents that she owned properties near British universities. In exchange for reserving these non-existent units, she collected large sums of money. Investigations revealed that she operated the fraudulent scheme in partnership with an Egyptian accomplice who fled the country once the scam was uncovered. Despite the exposure, she continued her fraudulent activities until her arrest. She was later charged with fraud and money laundering. The Court of Cassation upheld the lower court's ruling, confirming her guilt and making the verdict final.