26/03/2026
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26/03/2026
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KUWAIT CITY, March 26: The Court of Appeals concluded the theft and money laundering case in a well-known jewelry company, sentencing an Indian salesman to 10 years in prison and a Kuwaiti woman to five years, and fined them KD809,000 -- the value of the stolen items. The court acquitted the woman’s daughter, overturning the ruling of a lower court that sentenced the daughter to three years in prison due to insufficient evidence.
Case files indicate that the Indian defendant, a salesman at the jewelry store, stole gold jewelry worth more than KD800,000 for about two years, in collusion with the Kuwaiti woman and her daughter. The investigation revealed that the defendant sold the stolen goods below market value to a Pakistani who is a fugitive and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia.
During the interrogation, the Indian defendant said there was an agreement between him, the citizen and her daughter to steal jewelry. He claimed that the citizen had made him believe she would marry him to push him to continue the crime, as he transferred the money he obtained to them.
Case files indicate that the Indian defendant, a salesman at the jewelry store, stole gold jewelry worth more than KD800,000 for about two years, in collusion with the Kuwaiti woman and her daughter. The investigation revealed that the defendant sold the stolen goods below market value to a Pakistani who is a fugitive and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia.
During the interrogation, the Indian defendant said there was an agreement between him, the citizen and her daughter to steal jewelry. He claimed that the citizen had made him believe she would marry him to push him to continue the crime, as he transferred the money he obtained to them.
By Jaber Al-Hamoud Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff and Agencies
