This offense was linked to the crime of forgery of official documents, specifically the electronic attendance and departure log of the department, by falsifying the information. The prosecution charged the second defendant, in his capacity as a public employee (head of the Secretariat Division in the department), with facilitating the fifth defendant’s embezzlement of KD786,677 -- salaries deposited into her account during her absence from the country. He also facilitated the sixth defendant’s embezzlement of KD1,298,452. The third defendant, a supervisor, was charged with embezzling KD1,079 -- salaries deposited into her account by the Ministry of Education during her absence from the country. The fifth defendant, a clerk, was charged with embezzling KD502. The sixth defendant, a coordinator, was charged with embezzling KD786,677, while the seventh defendant (a secretary) embezzled KD1,298,452. The third, fifth, and sixth defendants were also accused of conspiring with the first and second defendants to commit these acts.

The two defendants falsely claimed in official reports that the women were at their workplaces. The Criminal Court initially decided to suspend the sentence imposed on all defendants on bail of KD200 each for good behavior for one year after they repaid the embezzled funds. The Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s ruling and rejected the appeal of prosecution. In a separate case, the same court refused to suspend the execution of the ruling of the Criminal Court against two expatriates convicted of embezzling more than KD1,043,000 from a state-owned company by manipulating invoices from other companies. The court scheduled the announcement of its ruling on November 19.