KUWAIT CITY, May 14 — A Syrian national who fraudulently obtained Kuwaiti citizenship has been stripped of his nationality following an investigation by the Supreme Nationality Committee. The case dates back to July 2024, when the Nationality Investigation Department received a tip about the forger, whose sister, a legal resident in Kuwait, admitted that her brother had falsely registered as a Kuwaiti citizen. Further investigation revealed that her husband was the cousin of the forger, confirming familial ties in the deception.

Authorities discovered that the case was more immense than initially believed. The forger, who has since fled Kuwait, had also fraudulently registered four individuals as his sons. These four, now also fugitives, were confirmed to have no biological link to the Kuwaiti citizen they claimed as a father. The deception came to light after the biological children of the deceased Kuwaiti citizen waived inheritance rights and agreed to DNA testing, which proved the fraud.

Two of the four forged files involve nearly 80 individuals, and investigations into the remaining two cases are ongoing. The Nationality Investigation Department has collaborated with the Public Authority for Minors’ Affairs, which confirmed that inheritance rights had previously been waived in 1986 in favor of the genuine heirs. While the forgers remain abroad, their children residing in Kuwait have been summoned and confirmed through DNA testing as unrelated to the Kuwaiti family, prompting steps for the revocation of their citizenship. Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef previously referred to 2024 as “the year of the fool,” citing the sharp rise in forged nationality cases.