21/05/2026
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21/05/2026
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KUWAIT CITY, May 21: A sprawling citizenship forgery case in Kuwait is widening dramatically, as investigators uncover a growing network of fabricated identities stretching across generations—some inside the country, others on the run, and many still untraceable.
The Supreme Committee for Kuwaiti Citizenship Investigation has now opened a new front in a file already tainted by one of the largest known fraud operations, linked to a deceased man whose records were systematically manipulated to insert dozens of fake descendants.
This is not the first shock tied to the case.
Authorities had previously stripped citizenship from one alleged son, along with a staggering 115 individuals tied to his file. Now, a second forged branch has come under scrutiny.
The latest file alone includes around 40 individuals (21 listed as sons, with the rest grandchildren) forming a multi-layered web of questionable lineage.
At the center of this branch is a key suspect who has been abroad for over a year, effectively evading direct investigation. Behind him, however, lies a scattered trail: family members split between Kuwait and abroad, and others who have never even registered biometric fingerprints—raising further alarm over the scale of the manipulation.
When investigators summoned seven of the deceased man’s confirmed sons, their response was unequivocal: they denied any knowledge of the fugitive and rejected any blood ties.
But science told a more complex story.
Fingerprint analysis confirmed that the seven men are genuine brothers from the same mother, while exposing that two additional individuals had been inserted into the citizenship file through forgery. One of them had already been stripped of citizenship; the second has now met the same fate following the latest findings.
DNA testing delivered the decisive blow.
The genetic results conclusively ruled out any biological link between the people of the forged brother and the legitimate family, collapsing the entire fabricated lineage.
With this latest statement, the total number of individuals linked to fraudulent additions in the case has surged to approximately 155.
Authorities say the investigation is far from over.
Files remain under review, identities are still being verified, and the committee is pressing ahead with a comprehensive purge—determined to dismantle every layer of manipulation and enforce the provisions of the new nationality law without exception.
What began as a single doubt has now unfolded into a full-scale exposure of a deeply embedded forgery network—one that quietly expanded for years, and is only now being brought into the light.
