MOI Uncovers Massive Dual Citizenship and Forgery Ring: Hundreds of Identities Falsified
4th, Oct, 2025: The Nationality Investigation Department is currently unraveling one of Kuwait’s most complex and far-reaching cases of dual citizenship and forged documents. The investigation centers on fraudulent family files where dozens of individuals were falsely registered under the identity of single Kuwaiti citizens.
Case File One: The 41-Name Deception
The initial focus is on a file belonging to a Kuwaiti man, originally born in the 1930s, whose official record lists 41 registered children.
- The Forgery ExKuwait Exposes Massive Citizenship Fraud Ringposed: Investigations revealed that only 14 of the children were genuine. The key piece of evidence was the man’s “Gulf family card” (he holds dual nationality), which confirmed his legitimate children numbered only 14, directly contradicting the inflated Kuwaiti file.
- DNA Confirmation: DNA tests on the 14 genuine children confirmed they were all full siblings from the same father.
- The Falsified Entries: When confronted about the 27 false registrations, the legitimate children gave evasive answers. DNA testing on the remaining 27 individuals is underway, but it has already confirmed that at least two have no biological connection to the father.
The “Matryoshka Doll” Forgery
A key figure in this scheme was a man named “Ayahd,” who was officially added to the file in 1993 via a court ruling—despite being 27 years old at the time. Further investigation revealed:
- Ayahd held a separate Gulf identity under a completely different name.
- Fingerprint comparisons proved he was not related to those registered as his “siblings.”
Investigators likened the complex, multi-layered scheme to a Russian Matryoshka doll, where one layer of forgery conceals another.
Case File Two: Hundreds More Falsified Names
The investigation quickly extended to a second file containing 100 registered individuals, with 35 falsely listed as children.
- DNA results confirmed that none of these 35 individuals were biologically connected to the original 14 legitimate children from the first file, nor were they related as uncles, as claimed.
- The authorities also found that one of these individuals had fraudulently added three Syrian nationals to the file. He was arrested in 2018, and the Syrians’ Kuwaiti nationalities were subsequently revoked.
Scale of the Scandal
So far, just these two files alone account for 304 false registrations. Authorities are proceeding to revoke the citizenship of all those proven to have obtained it fraudulently based on DNA evidence and document reviews.
Sources emphasize that this is only the beginning. Many more files remain under examination, and the complexity suggests that unraveling the entire network will take significant time. The investigation is expected to reveal even more individuals involved, marking this as one of the largest nationality fraud cases in Kuwait’s history.
