19-05-2025
Kuwait: Man Jailed For $855,000 Royal Court Scam; Promised Fake Gift And Marriage
Kuwait's top appeals court has handed down a four-year jail term to a defendant convicted of posing as an employee at the royal court and defrauding a woman of money, according to a media report.
The Court of Cassation also ordered the convict pay a fine of KD263,000 (around $855,520), equivalent to the money he had seized from the Kuwaiti woman after he had duped her into believing he would provide her with a house and chalet as a gift from the royal court.
The defendant later spent the money on wild parties outside Kuwait, while also promising the victim of marriage, added the Media court, a Kuwaiti news portal reporting about legal affairs. The court's ruling is final.
In recent years, Kuwait has stepped up anti-corruption efforts and issued varying jail sentences to defendants in high-profile cases.
Last week, three former advisors at Kuwait's royal court and a business agent were sentenced to three years in prison each on charges of squandering $180 million in a separate case.
The Misdeamour Court also ordered each defendant pay a fine of KD10,000.
They were convicted of causing significant damage to the royal court funds in an aircraft deal.
The court also ordered their dismissal from their positions after they were proven to have committed serious violations, including negligence, dereliction of duties, and abuse of power inside and outside the country while overseeing the implementation of a contract to equip, furnish, and receive a royal plane.
The charges included withholding essential information from the national carrier Kuwait Airways in the contract that was concluded with a US company, which resulted in damage to public money.
