KUWAIT CITY, Oct 3: The Nationality Investigation Department is currently handling one of the most complex and far-reaching cases of dual citizenship and forged documents in Kuwait. The case revolves around fraudulent family files containing hundreds of names, where dozens of individuals were falsely registered under the identity of a single Kuwaiti citizen.

The First File: 41 Registrations, But Only 14 Real Children. According to reliable sources, the first file belongs to a Kuwaiti man, originally born in the 1930s, whose record lists 41 registered children. However, investigations revealed that only 14 of them were genuine, while the rest were falsified entries. The man in question holds dual nationality—both Kuwaiti and Gulf. Although he had previously surrendered his Gulf documents, his “Gulf family card” exposed the forgery. The card confirmed that his legitimate children numbered only 14, contradicting the inflated figure in his Kuwaiti file.

To verify authenticity, the department conducted DNA tests on the 14 legitimate children, which proved they were indeed full siblings of the same father. When confronted about the discrepancy between the 14 genuine children and the 41 listed in the records, they attempted to avoid direct answers, claiming: 

“We are all brothers. Whoever the fingerprint proves is our brother; whoever it does not, is not.”

The remaining 27 individuals registered on the same file were also summoned. DNA testing confirmed that at least two of them had no biological connection to the father, while the other cases remain under investigation.

The Second File: 204 Registrations and a Suspicious “Son” Another file under scrutiny contained a staggering 204 registered individuals. Investigators discovered that the file owner was only 12 years younger than his alleged father, exposing a blatant irregularity.

The man’s true Gulf identity was later uncovered, along with documents showing that he had genuine Gulf children, but they were fraudulently added to the Kuwaiti file.

One key figure in this scheme was a man identified as “Ayahd”, who was officially added to the file in 1993 through a court ruling that claimed to prove his lineage, despite him being 27 years old at the time.

Subsequent investigations revealed that Ayed also held a different Gulf identity, under a completely different name. Fingerprint comparisons further confirmed that he was not related to those registered as his “siblings.” This discovery suggested a multi-layered forgery scheme, compared by investigators to a Russian Matryoshka doll, where one layer of forgery concealed another.

The Third File: 100 Registrations, Including Forged “Children”. The case extended to another file containing 100 registered individuals, of whom 35 were falsely listed as children. DNA results proved that none of them were biologically connected to the original 14 legitimate children from the first file, nor were they uncles as claimed.

Investigators also found that one of these individuals had added three Syrians to the file. He was arrested in 2018, and the Syrians’ Kuwaiti nationalities were later revoked.

The Scale of the Forgery
 So far, just two files alone account for 304 false registrations. DNA evidence and document reviews have confirmed widespread forgery, leading authorities to revoke the citizenship of those who have been proven to have obtained it fraudulently.

However, sources stressed that this is only the beginning. Many more files remain under examination, and the complexity of the case suggests that unraveling the entire network of fraudulent identities will take significant time. The investigation is expected to reveal even more individuals involved in the scheme, marking it as one of the largest nationality fraud cases in Kuwait’s history.