Authorities Arrest Ring Behind Illegal Residency Address Changes
The General Department of Criminal Investigation’s Anti-Money Laundering Crimes Department has broken up a network that was illegally processing residency address changes in exchange for money.
According to the Ministry of Interior, a member of the network used his official position to facilitate the fraudulent transactions. He worked with others who acted as intermediaries and reportedly charged clients up to KD 120 per transaction.
The group would complete the transactions using false information and forged signatures, without the applicants’ knowledge or consent, before entering them into the official system. To avoid detection, they collected bribes through indirect methods, including bank payment links under different names and even by counting unpaid food purchases as part of their illicit proceeds.
Following legal procedures, security forces arrested the suspects and seized several pre-packaged residency transactions ready for delivery, along with KD 5,000 believed to be the money they had made.
The Ministry emphasized its commitment to pursuing all forms of fraud and corruption to protect public trust and ensure the integrity of official transactions.
