Image and DNA profile and confession... convict a forger and add 116 to his file

- The individual is registered in Kuwait, born in 1953, and has been at large since the end of 2025. His file lists 33 children.

- The information was received from a confidential source, supported by an image of a Gulf document bearing his photo and personal details.

- A comparison of the images on the Gulf and Kuwaiti documents confirmed they belong to the same individual.

- The names of the 33 children match the Gulf records, but under the father’s real name.

- Subsequent investigations revealed that two of the 33 children are actually the sons of his brother.

- After their arrest and confrontation with the investigation findings and information, the two admitted they are the sons of his brother.

- The scientific results of the DNA test aligned with their confessions and the previous documents and investigations.

- No DNA profile is on file with the Criminal Evidence Department for the case’s main subject.

The case began with a tip from a confidential source and ended with the exposure of a complex citizenship file involving 116 individuals, after a Gulf document photo led to the confirmation that a person, registered in Kuwait and born in 1953, had obtained Kuwaiti citizenship through forgery. Investigations further revealed that he not only registered his own children under his file but also added two of his brother’s sons, claiming them as his own.

The Supreme Committee for Citizenship Verification reviewed the details of the case during its latest meeting. The case originated when information regarding the individual was received by the Citizenship Investigations Department from a confidential source, accompanied by an image of a Gulf document showing his photo and personal details. At the time, his Kuwaiti citizenship file listed 33 children.

Investigations began by comparing the photograph on the Gulf document with the one in his Kuwaiti file. After examining and matching both images, a forensic expert concluded they belonged to the same person.

Following the confirmation of identity, the Citizenship Investigations Department expanded its search to Gulf records. It compared the names of the 33 children registered under the father’s name in Kuwait with the corresponding Gulf records linked to his name. This revealed that the children appeared under the same names in the Gulf records, but under the father’s actual Gulf name.

The surprises did not end with the confirmation of the man’s identity. Subsequent investigations showed that two of the 33 children registered on his file were not, in fact, his sons, but rather the sons of his brother, whom he had added to his citizenship file as his own children.

After it was established that the file’s owner, the forger, had left Kuwait at the end of 2025, the competent authorities obtained authorization from the Public Prosecution to arrest the brother’s two sons. Simultaneously, the Citizenship Investigations Department managed to obtain their Gulf documents.

Confronted with the investigation findings, information, and documents gathered by the investigators, the two admitted to their validity and confessed that they were not the sons of the citizenship file’s owner, but rather the sons of his brother. This confession was added to the chain of evidence collected in the case.

However, the investigation did not stop at the confessions and documents. It was found that no DNA profile was on file with the Criminal Evidence Department for the citizenship file’s owner, nor was there one for the person previously registered in the citizenship file, which would have allowed for the necessary matching.

Consequently, DNA samples were taken from the two arrested individuals. The test results definitively showed that they were not the sons of the citizenship file’s owner, but were related to him as nephews; he was their uncle, not their father. This scientific result aligned with their confessions and the previous documents and investigations.

Based on the conclusions of the investigations, the entire file was referred to the Public Prosecution. The Supreme Committee for Citizenship Verification decided to revoke the citizenship of all 116 individuals affected by the case, including the 33 children registered on the citizenship file and their descendants.