The story began in 1961, when a person named “Sin” applied to the Nationality Investigation Committee and obtained nationality according to Article One of the law at the time, after an official interview and witness testimony. Granting him nationality at that time was a sound legal procedure.
But things changed in 1967, when “Sin” applied for the naturalization of another man, claiming he was his “older brother.” The latter appeared before the committee with witnesses who confirmed the kinship, so he too obtained Kuwaiti nationality.
Today, it has become clear that this “brother” – who later died – provided misleading information, while “Sin” (naturalized in 1961) is still alive.
Investigations by the Nationality Investigation Department revealed that the deceased “brother” was married to four women, and 31 children were registered in his file. However, DNA tests showed that only 10 of these are his actual children, while the rest are not his descendants.
Most interestingly, these ten real sons hold Gulf documents with names completely different from those registered in Kuwait, except for the first name, which indicates that their original father – i.e., the “naturalized in 1967” – was a Gulf citizen, and has a record in his real name in Kuwait that matches the names of his Gulf sons.
By comparing the DNA of “Sin” (naturalized in 1961) with these ten sons, it was found that there was no kinship between them, which means that “Sin” is not their uncle, and therefore granting the “brother” nationality in 1967 was based on a false claim from the beginning.
The forgery did not stop there; rather, the manipulation continued when these four sons (from the forged file) added other people to their records, including Syrians and Gulf nationals, to take advantage of the benefits of Kuwaiti nationality.
According to sources, the forged file today includes 999 people, 478 of whom are over the age of 21, and 521 are under that age. The annual cost of salaries for these adults alone is estimated at about 4.5 million Kuwaiti dinars (assuming an average salary of 800 dinars per person). The costs of education they obtained illegally exceed tens of millions, based on an average tuition cost of 5,000 dinars per year per student.
In addition, the forgers benefited from significant government benefits such as housing loans (including the 70,000 dinar loan), financial aid, and various allowances, which represents a significant drain on public funds at the expense of the true sons of Kuwait.
Sources confirmed that investigations are still ongoing to uncover the full dimensions of this long chain of forgery, which may extend to include larger names and numbers in other files.
