Kuwait Court Jails Two Egyptians for 5 Years, Bangladeshi for 4 Years in Visa Trading and Forgery Case

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 6 : The Criminal Court, First Circuit, has sentenced two Egyptian nationals to five years in prison each and a Bangladeshi sanitation worker to four years for their involvement in a case involving residence permit trading through a company, document forgery and bribery.

The ruling followed investigations conducted by the Residence Affairs Investigation Department, which uncovered violations involving the illegal trading of residence permits and the falsification of official transactions.

According to the court's ruling, the first Egyptian defendant was sentenced to five years in prison with hard labor and immediate enforcement, in addition to a fine of KD 10,000 in connection with two workers.

The second Egyptian defendant was also sentenced to five years in prison with hard labor and immediate enforcement, and fined KD 50 for bribery related to the forgery of a residence permit extension transaction.

The Bangladeshi defendant, who worked as a sanitation worker, was sentenced to four years in prison with hard labor and immediate enforcement, in addition to a KD 50 fine for bribery.

The court also ordered a goods transportation company involved in the case to pay a fine of KD 10,000 for each of the two workers, bringing the total corporate fine to KD 20,000. It further ordered the cancellation of the company's licence.

The verdict underscores Kuwait's continued legal action against residence permit trading, forged official transactions and bribery.