5 years jail over bribery in residency transfer

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KUWAIT CITY, July 3: The Criminal Court has sentenced a female Kuwaiti citizen Service Center (CSC) employee to five years in prison for bribery, with temporary suspension of the implementation of the decision until the final ruling is issued. The court imposed a KD500 bail amount and ordered the dismissal of the employee who forged the transfer of an expatriate’s residency without the knowledge of the sponsor in exchange for KD700 bribe.

The court imposed the same prison sentence on the broker and the briber, as well as fined the employee and the broker KD1,400. Case files indicate that the investigation document showed the forgery was carried out with the knowledge of the accused and that the document in question, after changing it, was valid. The second defendant (briber) admitted the crime, indicating he paid the bribe to the broker who had a relationship with the employee to transfer his residency, indicating the employee amended the document without the presence of the sponsor and went ahead in processing the transfer of the other defendant.

By Jaber Al-Hamoud

Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff and Agencies

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