KUWAIT CITY, Feb 18: A sweeping investigation by Kuwait’s Nationality Investigation Department has uncovered what officials describe as one of the most complex citizenship forgery cases in recent years — a tangled web of fake identities, fugitive sons, and hundreds of dependents now facing the loss of nationality.

At the center of the storm is a Kuwaiti man with six wives and 18 registered children. So far, four of those sons have been conclusively exposed as forgers, dragging 226 affiliated dependents into the fallout. Two more names remain under intense scrutiny, with strong indications they too could be added to the growing list.

DNA Bombshell

The breakthrough came through DNA fingerprinting. Tests proved that several of the registered sons are, in fact, real brothers — but others are not. In earlier proceedings, the Supreme Committee revoked the citizenship of two fake sons whose files alone accounted for 131 dependents. Now, two additional names with 95 dependents are under review, pushing the total number of affected individuals in this single file to 226.

The Fugitive Son

The first major case involves a man born in the late 1940s who has been a fugitive from Kuwait since August 2025. Fifteen sons and daughters were added to his file, with 41 dependents linked to him.

Investigators uncovered a trail of digital evidence. His Kuwaiti diwan is registered on Google — but under his real Gulf name, entirely different from his Kuwaiti identity. Social media posts congratulating him on his son’s wedding also used the Gulf name, not the Kuwaiti one.

Authorities say modern surveillance tools, rapid image matching, and digital tracking technologies played a decisive role. Because he remains outside the country, his sons in Kuwait were summoned for DNA testing. Their genetic samples were matched against those of their supposed uncles. The result: conclusive scientific proof that he is not their brother.

Six pillars of evidence sealed the case:

The Second Forged Identity

The second case is equally dramatic. This individual shares the same birth year as his deceased forged brother and has 12 sons and daughters, with 55 dependents tied to his file.

Investigators uncovered his real Gulf identity by monitoring his social activities abroad. A wedding celebration for his son exposed his true name — once again different from the Kuwaiti identity recorded in official documents.

Further evidence included:

Expanding Investigation

Sources confirm that two additional names within the same family file are now under intensive investigation, with strong indicators of forgery. If confirmed, the number of fraudulent sons could rise to six out of the 18 registered under the father’s record.

Officials stress that the Nationality Investigation Department is deploying advanced technological tools to detect and dismantle forgery networks, signaling a broader crackdown on citizenship fraud.

What began as a routine review has now evolved into a high-stakes probe exposing layers of deception — fake brothers, false names, and hundreds of lives caught in the crossfire of one of the most intricate nationality cases on record.