High-Ranking Retired Military Officer... Forger of Nationality

- “S” and “M” are fugitives from Kuwait, and DNA testing definitively ruled out any biological relationship with the alleged children of the natural father.

- The individual holding a high military rank has a son who also holds a military rank.

- The naturalized case involves a person of Syrian origin... and the file is currently before the High Committee.

- “S” has 10 dependents listed under his name... while “M” has 31 sons and daughters on his file.

As part of efforts to track down identity forgers, the Citizenship Investigation Department uncovered a new thread in citizenship forgery cases. Genetic tests and investigations revealed that a naturalized individual had added two persons to his file as his sons, only to later determine that they were not his biological children and were of Syrian origin, whereas he had legitimate children already documented in the file.

Sources familiar with the matter told Al-Rai that the two individuals fraudulently added to the naturalized person’s file are fugitives from Kuwait. One of them, “S,” held a high military rank before his retirement and had 10 dependents listed under his name, including a son who also held a military rank.

Citizenship investigators summoned the fugitive’s relatives residing in Kuwait, including his supposed uncles (the biological sons of the naturalized father whose file was manipulated), to conduct DNA testing. The results conclusively proved that there was no familial relationship between them, and they were not the brothers of the alleged father as claimed in official documents.

New information led citizenship investigators to the fugitive’s real name and revealed the presence of a Syrian brother within Kuwait, who holds Syrian nationality and has a valid residence permit. After his arrest and confrontation, he confessed that the Kuwaiti national was his paternal half-brother. A DNA sample was taken from him to scientifically confirm the forgery, in accordance with the strict protocols adopted by the Committee to eliminate any doubt.

The second brother, “M,” is also a fugitive, with 31 sons and daughters listed under his name. It was found that he had a DNA sample on record with the Criminal Evidence Department. This sample was matched against his supposed brothers according to the Kuwaiti file, and the result was decisive in disproving his affiliation with the original naturalized father to whom he had been fraudulently added as a son.

Citizenship investigators also obtained information about his real name and identified Syrian brothers residing in Kuwait. They were apprehended and, during interrogations, confessed that the fugitive was their brother and not the son of the Kuwaiti national registered on his citizenship file. DNA samples were also collected from them to reinforce the conclusive scientific evidence of the forgery.

Investigations revealed that the two Syrians added to the naturalized citizen’s file were cousins. It was also established that the naturalized individual himself is of Syrian origin.