KUWAIT CITY, Feb 21: In a case that started with an alimony complaint filed by a divorced Gulf woman, the Citizenship Investigation Department uncovered a citizenship forgery that spanned two generations. It was revealed that the ex-husband did not, as his wife had believed, hold dual nationality. Instead, he obtained Kuwaiti citizenship fraudulently, and the falsification traced back to his deceased father. Reliable sources told the daily that the department received a report through its hotline from a female Gulf national who said she got married to a man who held the nationality of her Gulf country. A family dispute later arose between them and ended in divorce.

The conflict over alimony escalated, as he avoided fulfilling his financial obligations, relying on his status as a Kuwaiti citizen and the Kuwaiti documents he held. She was unable to compel him to pay alimony in her Gulf country, because he had left. Sources disclosed that after extensive investigations, it was discovered the man did not hold dual citizenship, contrary to what his wife believed, as he forged his Kuwaiti citizenship. The falsification originated with his father and extended to his grandfather and family. Sources said the ex-husband’s father is deceased, but his DNA sample is already on record with the General Department of Criminal Evidence due to a prior case. The alleged brothers of his father, according to the Kuwaiti identity he claimed, were summoned, and DNA samples were taken from four of them. The results confirmed that the four men were indeed brothers from the same father. However, when the DNA of ex-husband’s father was compared to theirs, it proved that he was not their brother.

This finding established that his son — the ex-husband — acquired Kuwaiti citizenship through fraud. Sources indicated that the evidence in the case is comprehensive, including DNA test results, in addition to Gulf documents submitted by the ex-wife to the Citizenship Investigation Department. It was also established that the exhusband has brothers in a Gulf country, as well as the brothers of his father — his biological uncles. It was confirmed that the ex-husband held official Gulf documents, and that his deceased father also possessed Gulf documentation.

Sources added that the case involves 16 individuals. The Higher Committee for Citizenship decided to revoke their Kuwaiti citizenship, while the ex-husband is detained and the necessary legal measures have been taken against him. Meanwhile, the Citizenship Investigation Department is expanding its probe into one of the most intricate cases in its records, involving a Kuwaiti citizen with six wives and 18 individuals with forged citizenship registered under his file, reports Al-Rai daily.

Four of the sons were found to have falsified their citizenship, resulting in 226 dependents, while investigations are ongoing into two others who are expected to be added to the list of those with forged citizenship soon. Sources informed the daily that the case is about a Kuwaiti man who has six wives—some still married to him and others divorced. One of the six wives is registered under a fictitious name. Each wife is listed as having one to 10 children. Sources revealed that after the DNA testing of the children, it was confirmed some of them are biological siblings.