KUWAIT CITY, Oct 16: In a breakthrough in Kuwait’s ongoing investigation into one of the country’s largest nationality fraud cases, authorities have uncovered a third individual proven to have falsely obtained Kuwaiti citizenship. The discovery comes as part of the Nationality Investigation Department’s probe into a massive file involving 41 forged names and 14 legitimate children linked to a single Kuwaiti family record.

According to informed sources, the latest DNA analysis confirmed that the third suspect among 27 individuals under scrutiny was not biologically related to the Kuwaiti citizen whose name appeared on the original nationality file. The new findings add to two previous cases of proven forgery within the same complex investigation.

Officials explained that the suspect’s genetic fingerprint, which had been stored in the Criminal Evidence Department from an earlier unrelated case, was reanalyzed and compared with DNA samples from the 14 legitimate children of the original family. The results were scientifically conclusive — there was no blood relation between the suspect and the legitimate family members, definitively proving that his claimed lineage was fabricated.

Further investigations revealed startling new details about the suspect’s true background. Authorities discovered that the man, who is still alive, actually holds citizenship of another Gulf state. His official records from that country confirm he was born in the 1950s, but when registering himself in the Kuwaiti nationality file, he falsified his birth year to 1941. This manipulation, sources explained, allowed him to add “children” to the file whose ages appeared compatible with his own fabricated birth year — creating the illusion of a legitimate family relationship.

The suspect reportedly left Kuwait in 2023, returning to his home country. His case is now linked to 112 individuals, including his alleged children and grandchildren, all of whom benefited from the forged file. Investigators described the situation as a “forgery within a forgery — and within that, more forgery,” reflecting the multilayered nature of the deception that has spanned several generations.

Authorities also uncovered that the suspect not only inserted his fake children into the Kuwaiti citizenship file but also added some of his real siblings, further complicating the fraudulent lineage.

The broader investigation into the 41 forged names remains ongoing. DNA tests for six more individuals are still pending, while 24 other cases continue to be examined in detail.

With the latest confirmation, the number of proven forged files has now increased from two to three, raising the total number of fraudulent affiliations to 416 individuals. This figure includes cases stemming from earlier Supreme Committee decisions to revoke citizenship from two major forged files, each containing over 300 individuals.

As the investigation continues, the Nationality Investigation Department and Supreme Nationality Committee emphasize that genetic fingerprinting has become the most powerful and decisive tool in exposing false claims of lineage and restoring integrity to Kuwait’s citizenship records.

This sprawling case — spanning decades and generations — continues to unravel piece by piece, revealing how science is finally closing the door on one of Kuwait’s most complex webs of identity fraud.