Jail, acquittals in cash fraud & forgery cases

12/04/2026

Jail, acquittals in cash fraud & forgery cases

KUWAIT CITY, April 12: The Fourth Criminal Circuit at the Court of First Instance acquitted one defendant in a money laundering and forgery case. On the other hand, the court sentenced another defendant to four years in prison with hard labor, followed by deportation, as his involvement in the crime was proven. The court refrained from sentencing another defendant, requiring him to sign a pledge of good conduct for two years with bail of KD5,000.

The Public Prosecution charged these three individuals with forging official documents related to the transfer of ownership of two luxury vehicles from a commercial company to another person without the latter’s presence or signature, with the intention to create the impression that the transfer is valid.

This charge is based on the money laundering suspicion linked to a previous case. During the trial, the defendants denied the charges against them. Attorney Ali Jawhar, lawyer for the acquitted defendant, argued that the elements of the crime of forgery were absent and that no harm occurred. He asserted that the incident was nothing but an “administrative error,” which the court accepted and then decided to acquit his client

By Jaber Al-Hamoud Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff and Agencies