14/02/2025
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14/02/2025
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KUWAIT CITY, Feb 14: Every day, new and astonishing cases emerge, exposing the extent of fraud, identity manipulation, and lineage tampering that threaten national integrity. One such case involves an extraordinary deception—a Filipina who fraudulently became Kuwaiti and was even granted citizenship as a Kuwaiti by the foundation.
The story dates back to the year 1989 when a Kuwaiti man married a Filipina woman in the Philippines. Years later, in the early 1990s, when he planned to return to Kuwait with his wife, she insisted that she would not go unless she could bring her niece along. This posed a challenge, as there was no legal way to bring the child with them under ordinary circumstances.
Determined to fulfill his wife’s request, the man devised a fraudulent scheme—he falsely claimed that the girl was his biological daughter with his Filipina wife. However, there was a significant flaw in his plan: the girl had been born in 1987, two years before his documented marriage. To cover his tracks, he forged his marriage date to make it appear as though she was born after the union, thereby establishing a legal basis for her to be recognized as his daughter.
Determined to fulfill his wife’s request, the man devised a fraudulent scheme—he falsely claimed that the girl was his biological daughter with his Filipina wife. However, there was a significant flaw in his plan: the girl had been born in 1987, two years before his documented marriage. To cover his tracks, he forged his marriage date to make it appear as though she was born after the union, thereby establishing a legal basis for her to be recognized as his daughter.
With this manipulated documentation, he successfully returned to Kuwait in the early 1990s, accompanied by his wife and her niece—who was now legally recognized as his Kuwaiti daughter. The deception worked, and the girl was granted Kuwaiti citizenship based on the nationality of her alleged father. However, in reality, she was neither his biological daughter nor the daughter of his Filipina wife.
Years later, the web of deceit began to fall apart when DNA testing became a key tool in verifying family relationships. It was discovered that the girl’s real biological siblings were already living in Kuwait. When DNA tests were conducted, they confirmed that she was indeed related to her Filipino siblings.
However, the same tests exposed the shocking truth—her so-called Kuwaiti father was not actually her father, and the woman listed as her mother was not her biological mother. The entire setup was an elaborate fraud that allowed a foreign national to falsely obtain Kuwaiti citizenship.
This case is just one example of the growing issue of forged identities, manipulated lineage records, and fraudulent nationality claims that continue to surface. It highlights the urgent need for stricter regulations, thorough identity verification processes, and advanced forensic tools to prevent such cases from undermining the national identity system. As authorities continue to crack down on these crimes, this case serves as a stark reminder of the depths to which individuals will go to exploit nationality laws—and the importance of vigilance in preserving the integrity of citizenship records.
