Kuwait Visa Fraud: Officials and Company Owner Held Over 382 Fake Worker Permits

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

01/10/2025

Kuwait Visa Fraud: Officials and Company Owner Held Over 382 Fake Worker Permits

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 1: A detention renewal judge ordered the continued detention of a Kuwaiti company owner, several expatriates, including Egyptians and a Palestinian, and a supervisor and acting manager at the Public Authority for Manpower, all of whom are involved in one of the largest residency trafficking cases in the country. The Public Prosecution accused them of issuing fake licenses to recruit 382 workers under the names of 28 non-existent companies, charging between KD 800 and 1,000 per worker. Investigations revealed that some employees at the Public Authority for Manpower accepted bribes of KD 200 to 250 per worker to facilitate issuing these licenses.

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