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Kuwait jails five over $179M illicit money transfer scheme targeting expats

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Kuwait jails five over $179M illicit money transfer scheme targeting expats

Kuwait imprisons five for role in $179 million money laundering operation targeting expats.

KUWAIT CITY, April 28: A Kuwaiti criminal court has sentenced two Iraqi nationals and three Egyptians to three years in prison each for their involvement in an illicit financial transfer scheme that specifically targeted the Egyptian expatriate community in the country.

The court acquitted the remaining defendants accused in the case, which involved laundering approximately 55 million Kuwaiti dinars (around $179 million), and ordered the confiscation of all seized funds.

According to Al-Qabas newspaper, the case was initially uncovered when Kuwaiti authorities arrested an Egyptian man found carrying 50,000 Kuwaiti dinars (about $163,000) in cash. The arrest led to an investigation that exposed a wider network of individuals — both Iraqis and Egyptians — engaged in illegal money transfer operations.

The Kuwaiti Public Prosecution’s investigation revealed that the network targeted Egypt’s large expatriate community in Kuwait, estimated at around 600,000 people. The group collected funds in cash and funneled the money to Egypt and other countries using unofficial channels, bypassing licensed financial institutions and money exchange services.

Authorities also discovered that the network was running a parallel financial system based on the informal “hawala” method, facilitating unregistered transfers and moving substantial sums of money outside the oversight of the Central Bank of Kuwait.

The case highlights the government’s ongoing efforts to clamp down on unregulated financial activities and reinforce control over monetary transactions.

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Firefighters contain major electrical transformer blaze in Ahmadi

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Firefighters contain major electrical transformer blaze in Ahmadi

The Kuwait Fire Force team battling the fire at the site.

KUWAIT CITY, July 28: Firefighting teams from Al-Fahaheel, Mina Abdullah, and Ahmadi centers swiftly responded to a blaze that broke out at a major electrical transformer in the Ahmadi area on Sunday evening.

According to the Kuwait Fire Force, the teams acted promptly to combat and fully contain the fire, preventing it from spreading further and causing additional damage. The operation was carried out efficiently and without incident, and no injuries were reported.

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Kuwaiti Gets 5 Years for Attempting to Sneak Out Revoked Citizens

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KUWAIT CITY, July 27: The Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Al-Dhuwaihi, has sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen to five years in prison for attempting to smuggle individuals whose citizenships had been revoked.

Additionally, the court handed down three-year prison sentences to several accomplices, including a corporal stationed at the Nuwaiseeb border crossing, his brother, and a stateless individual, for falsifying entry and exit documents.

Meanwhile, the court chose not to impose penalties on three others (a man, a juvenile, and a woman) whose citizenships had also been revoked. Their arrests followed a coordinated ambush and surveillance operation conducted by detectives, which included photographing the suspects at the time of capture.

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Expat Claims Wife And Mother-in-Law Tricked Him For 15 Years

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KUWAIT CITY, July 27: A domestic dispute took a dramatic legal turn in Kuwait after an expatriate man accused his wife and mother-in-law of being “scammers” in official court documents, allegedly to prove he had been deceived during their 15-year marriage.

According to security sources, the case began when the wife, a 1989-born expatriate woman, filed a complaint at the Hawally  Police Station accusing her husband—born in 1971—of slander and defamation. She claimed he submitted documents to the Hawally Court describing her and her mother as members of a “scammer family,” citing name similarities with others involved in fraudulent activities.

The matter was referred to Hawally detectives, who summoned the husband for questioning. During the interrogation, he was confronted with both his wife’s accusations and the documents he had submitted in court.

Faced with the evidence, the man confessed to making the claims, citing ongoing family disputes and financial pressures as his motivation. He admitted that the allegations were rooted in personal conflict rather than actual fraud. Authorities are continuing to review the case for further legal action.

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