Uncle Muhammad Rashad Is Not His Uncle... And His Aunt Is Not His Aunt

- The grandfather added a man and a woman to his file, falsely claiming them as his children.

- The aunt, born in 1965, bears a Gulf name that is completely different from her Kuwaiti name.

- Biometric fingerprinting revealed that her Gulf identity matched the fingerprint on her civil ID.

- She avoided renewing her Kuwaiti passport... prompting passport validity checks that exposed her identity.

- Previously, traveling with a civil ID allowed some to avoid renewing passports and travel using the “civil ID.”

- The uncle holds both a Kuwaiti name and a Gulf name... and his children’s records revealed the match.

- The first names of the children are identical in both the Kuwaiti and Gulf identities, with only the rest of the name differing.

- The children’s records are registered in the Ministry of Interior databases as Gulf nationals who entered Kuwait.

- DNA testing definitively ruled out a brotherly relationship between the uncle and his alleged brothers.

- Blood type discrepancies preceded the genetic test and indicated signs of forgery.

- The uncle was referred to the Public Prosecution... along with 26 individuals registered in his file as sons, daughters, and grandchildren.

Citizenship had previously been revoked from Mohammed Al-Rashid, who has enforceable court judgments against him, a criminal record, and resides in London as a fugitive outside Kuwait. It was later revoked from his father in the public interest, after which citizenship investigation officers expanded their scrutiny of the family file. This revealed that he has an uncle residing in Kuwait who holds Kuwaiti citizenship obtained through forgery, with information and investigations indicating the citizenship was acquired fraudulently. Additionally, an aunt is registered in the file as his father’s sister.

According to investigative findings, Mohammed Al-Rashid’s grandfather had previously added a man and a woman to his file, claiming them as his children, although investigations confirmed they were not his biological children.

Security sources told “Al-Rai” that investigations revealed the aunt, born in 1965, holds a genuine Gulf name that is entirely different from her Kuwaiti name, and she used her Gulf documents to enter and exit Kuwait.

Investigations disclosed that she underwent biometric fingerprinting under her Gulf identity, after being unable to renew her Kuwaiti passport for fear of exposing the forgery. However, the biometric data, which includes fingerprints, became the key to uncovering her true identity. When her fingerprints recorded during the biometric process under her Gulf identity were matched against the fingerprint previously stored for the civil ID issued under her Kuwaiti name, it was confirmed that both belonged to the same person.

Notably, the Gulf name was completely different from the Kuwaiti name, across all four name components (first, second, third, and fourth names). Nevertheless, the match between the fingerprint on the Kuwaiti documents and the biometric fingerprint taken under her Gulf identity revealed her true Gulf identity, according to investigations.

Previously, the mechanism for movement between Gulf countries allowed the use of civil IDs. This enabled some individuals to avoid renewing their Kuwaiti passports, relying instead on civil IDs for travel, and then using their Gulf passports upon arriving in their home countries or when traveling to other destinations.

Sources stated that linking mobility to the civil ID, which is currently tied to the validity of the Kuwaiti passport, has narrowed this scope. This is part of measures aimed at containing cases of individuals who obtained Kuwaiti nationality through forgery while retaining other Gulf nationalities, particularly those who avoided renewing their Kuwaiti passports for fear of being subjected to scrutiny or investigation and having their status exposed, leaving them unable to travel. Consequently, the uncle was forced to undergo biometric fingerprinting in Kuwait using his Gulf identity. However, he was unaware that his fingerprints were already stored in the databases. The matching process revealed the dual nationality and forgery.

Regarding the case of Mohammed Rashid’s uncle, sources indicated that the threads of his case began after intelligence reached the Nationality Investigation Department about an individual holding a Kuwaiti name, “S.M.J,” born in 1960, who simultaneously possessed a Gulf name, “H.A.A.” The aforementioned individual was registered in Mohammed Rashid’s grandfather’s file as his son, and therefore as the brother of Mohammed Rashid’s father, whose nationality had been revoked in the public interest, and as the uncle.

Information received by investigators indicated that “S” had obtained nationality through forgery and was not the son of Mohammed Rashid’s grandfather as registered in the file. Through investigative efforts, investigators were able to ascertain his true Gulf name.

Upon scrutinizing his file and that of his sons, it was found that there was a match between the first names of his sons registered in the Kuwaiti ID and those in databases linked to the Gulf name identified by the investigators’ source. However, the remaining parts of the second, third, and fourth names differed between the Kuwaiti and Gulf identities.

Data regarding these sons had been preserved in Kuwaiti records as Gulf nationals who had previously entered Kuwait under their Gulf names; thus, their information was recorded in the Ministry of Interior’s databases.

Following the receipt of information regarding the uncle’s true identity, matching operations were conducted between the Kuwaiti and Gulf data. According to investigations, the number of sons was identical, and their first names were the same, while the remaining components of the second, third, and fourth names differed between the Kuwaiti and Gulf identities.

To complete the investigation, “S,” the father of the forged sons and a member of Mohammed Rashid’s grandfather’s family, was summoned. A DNA sample was taken from him and compared with the genetic fingerprints of his alleged brothers according to the Kuwaiti data. The DNA test results definitively negated any sibling relationship among them.

The DNA test was not the sole indicator. Preliminary examination of documents before the genetic analysis revealed discrepancies in blood types in some cases. Scientifically, the blood types of the registered father and mother could not produce the blood types of certain sons.

Sources noted that, in light of the conclusions reached by the investigations and tests, “S” was referred to the Public Prosecution to complete legal procedures against him. They added that the full lineage associated with his file comprises 26 individuals, including sons, daughters, and grandchildren.