KUWAIT CITY, July 11: The Criminal Court acquitted the individual, dubbed the “electronic fraudster”, who allegedly appropriated KD 12,000 from a Kuwaiti woman after accessing the application of the Public Institution of Social Security, and deceiving her with promises of nonexistent profits from a fake project, which led her to transfer her salary to him. According to the case files, the victim informed the Public Prosecution that she registered for an investment company’s advertisement and was contacted by a person whose information she did not know and was told to download an app.

After downloading it, the person asked her to confirm it with the Social Security program, which she did. She was then surprised when she received a message from the bank stating that an amount of KD 12,000 had been deducted from her account with the bank after that person logged into the Social Security application and stole her salary and six pensions.

This confirmed that the person intended to steal her money. The Public Prosecution charged the suspect with forgery of a bank document, intending to present it as genuine. The prosecution stated that the suspect used an electronic application to access the victim’s bank account and transferred an amount of KD 12,000 to another account without her authorization. The evidence contradicts the prepared document intended to prove otherwise. He convinced the victim of the necessity of installing an electronic application so that she could invest her money in the company where he worked.

He fraudulently, through the information network and using an information technology method, succeeded in seizing the aforementioned amount from the victim’s account to the bank account of another citizen, which was followed by making the latter believe that he needed to hand over that amount to him to pay the fines owed by her after he made her believe that she was holding the position of an agent in the Central Bank. During the court session, Lawyer Inaam Haider stated that his arrest was invalid because it occurred in cases other than those permitted by law. She highlighted the invalidity of the procedures and evidence generated against him, the absence of the elements of the crime and the absence of criminal intent.

By Jaber Al-Hamoud
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff