KUWAIT CITY, Aug 14: A man’s shocking confession has led to the exposure of a complex forgery case involving a fake Gulf national who defrauded his own brothers using a fabricated Kuwaiti identity.

The case began when a man arrived at a police station in a state of hysteria, declaring, “I am a forger… I am not my father’s son.” Authorities at the Nationality Investigations Department treated the matter with utmost seriousness, collecting a DNA sample from the man and comparing it to the record of his deceased father. The test revealed a perfect match, proving he was indeed his father’s biological son — and that his dramatic confession was false.

However, the incident prompted a deeper examination of historical files. In 2011, the Department of Nationality had documented a case involving a Kuwaiti citizen whose son, actually a Gulf national, was fraudulently registered under his name. The son had entered and exited Kuwait using forged documents, as detailed in photographs attached to the case file.

Investigations uncovered a convoluted scheme: four Gulf brothers had transferred an inheritance to a Kuwaiti merchant to manage and invest, expecting monthly returns. Months passed with no profits, prompting the brothers to file a lawsuit. During the legal proceedings, it emerged that the merchant — their fourth brother — had assumed a Kuwaiti identity to defraud them. Shockingly, he even produced a Gulf death certificate claiming the “Kuwaiti citizen” (himself under the fake identity) had died in an accident, causing the lawsuit to be dismissed.

Further verification revealed the death certificate was entirely forged, and the doctor who signed it had left the country years ago. Exploiting the deception, the fraudster continued entering and exiting Kuwait with his Gulf ID, assuming his fabricated Kuwaiti persona had “died.” An arrest warrant was later issued, but he has since avoided returning to Kuwait.

Authorities discovered that the man’s file lists 34 dependents, all registered as his children. None have obtained official identity cards since 2015. The case is now under review by the Supreme Committee, which is preparing to revoke his falsified Kuwaiti citizenship — along with that of all 34 “children.”

This case highlights the sophisticated lengths to which fraudsters may go — and Kuwait’s determination to uncover the truth, no matter how elaborate the deception.