Four men summoned after sudden increase in bank accounts: report
Customs officer received KD 30,000 to pass 180 kg drugs
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 12: The State Security Service has summoned 4 suspects after their bank accounts were found to be ‘inflated’, reports Al-Shahed daily.
They were then referred to the Public Prosecution for investigation after the Central Bank of Kuwait discovered each account was inflated to the tune of 1.7 million dinars in just one bank.
The daily said information from other banks is being awaited by the concerned authorities.
A specialized unit of the Public Funds Investigation, in cooperation with the Central Bank’s Investigation Unit, was assigned to follow up their accounts in Kuwait and overseas.
According to sources the suspects are confronted by evidence including photos of cheques that were issued in their favor by some Gulf countries.
The men, during the investigation said, that they received these funds for propaganda and advertisements although no contracts in this regard had been signed with the concerned parties.
During the two-day interrogations, they said they received money from well-known Gulf personalities. However other sources said the contracts which they have submitted as proof will be presented to the Forensics Department to ascertain no fraud is involved.
The source added there are 16 people whose bank accounts have inflated and that they will be summoned for interrogations in the next few days.
They include prominent media personalities, poets and critics and they were put under surveillance after it was discovered their bank accounts have inflated suddenly.
KD 30,000 bribe taken:
Cooperation between the State Security and the General Department of Drugs Control resulted in arresting a custom officer who helped an Iraqi truck driver and a Bedoun drug dealer to smuggle 180 kilos of hashish via the Abdali border post, reports AlRai daily.
The Customs officer admitted to receiving KD 30,000 bribe from the Iraqi who reportedly deposited the money in his bank account.
The daily quoting sources said the Customs officer abused his authority four times before by helping dealers to smuggle huge quantities of drugs.
The suspect has been referred to the Public Prosecution for further investigations.
862 firms probed:
The Director of Labor Inspection Department at the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Mohammad AlAnsari revealed 862 companies were referred to the judiciary and the general administration of investigations at the Ministry of Interior since the beginning of this year, reports Al-Jarida daily.
He pointed out the inspections
on these companies showed that they violated the provisions of Law No. 6 of 2010, concerning work in the private sector.
Al-Ansari said that the inspection campaigns come within the framework of serious efforts to cleanse the labor market, confront the buyers of visas, and get rid of the fake companies that have flooded the market with marginal employment. He said this is one of the major causes of the imbalance in the country’s demographics.
Al-Ansari told the daily, “The results of the inspections conducted by the inspection department on these companies resulted in the transfer of 507 companies to the judiciary for committing various irregularities.
These included what he said 12 violations of occupational safety, 88 labor law violations, 20 special permanent suspension of files in addition to 387 violations for violation the text of Article 10 of the Labor Code, which shows that the licenses to practice the activity
of these companies are not listed in the titles, which confirms the lack of actual need to registered employment.
He pointed out that in the case of companies referred to the General Department of Investigation in the Ministry of Interior, a total of 355 companies were found to have violated the law. The violations were as follows 45 for occupational safety, 152 labor law violation, 75 permanent file suspension, and 83 for violating article 10 of the Labor Law.