Gang of expats jailed, fined for hacking bank accounts and ‘money-laundering’
Young woman ‘raped’ after given drugs by friends
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 24: The Court of Cassation has sentenced a gang of expatriates, believed to be involved in crimes all over the world, to 10 years imprisonment with hard labor and fined them collectively KD 198,000 for breaking into the banks accounts of people, money laundering and using fake credit cards with the help of certain devices brought from abroad, reports Al-Rai daily.
According to the daily the members of the gang were arrested by personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for stealing money from the bank accounts of several people (Kuwaitis and expatriates) in Kuwait.
The stolen money varied from person to person but according to reports one Kuwaiti had complained about the theft of KD 10,000 from his account.
‘Drugged’ into sex:
As the saying goes, beware your enemy once and your friend a thousand times, police have summoned for interrogation two young women for giving their friend narcotic pills after convincing her that it was a kind of vitamin, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily quoting security sources said, according to a complaint filed by the victim’s father at a local police station, his daughter asked permission to go to a chalet in the south of the country with two of her friends.
According to him the daughter said the two women gave her a pill and said it was vitamin and after consuming it she lost her balance and after some time a young man came and he sexually assaulted her.
The father has given police the details about her daughter’s friends and the address of the chalet where the incident happened.
The Al-Anba daily said the incident happened during a birthday party and the friend gave her the Larika tablet and she lost consciousness.
Man freed on bail:
The Public Prosecutor has released a Kuwaiti who was accused of assaulting securitymen using a sword and stun gun, has been released on KD 100 bail, reports Al-Anba daily.
According to a security source, the Kuwaiti was arrested after they suspected him of consuming drugs and intoxicants, which the sources said were seized from the young man’s car.
However, the Al-Anba daily has published on its website a video clip explaining the young man’s experiences and details of the incident from a security point of view.
The brother of the young man said he file a case against the traffic police for abusing their authority and damaging his brother’s vehicle after deliberately colliding with it. He also said the confiscation of drugs from his brother’s vehicle is a cooked up story and
said instead his brother was severely beaten by nine men in uniform and according to a medical report the injuries range from fractures to bruises.
He added, the violent attack on his brother cannot be justified even if he has committed an offense. He questioned the punishment given by the police who appear to have taken the law in their hands away from the judiciary since he is suffering from bruises all over the body.
He added, the damaged vehicle can be repaired or replaced, but can anyone replace what happened to his brother, he asked.
A security source said one of the traffic patrols suspected the young man driving along the First Ring Road and when the traffic officer asked him to stop; he made an immoral gesture and tried to escape. When he was chased and made to stop, he allegedly assaulted the officer and later police found drugs in his car.
Ignition on, car stolen:
Police are looking for an unidentified thief for stealing the car of a Syrian
man which was left in operation in front of the Jahra Cooperative Society, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily added, the father left the car engine running with his nine-year-old son in the passenger seat and went to buy something inside the cooperative.
The suspect allegedly went around the car, pulled the nineyear-old out of the car, and pushed him on the road and escaped with the car.
When the father filed a complaint with the Jahra Police Station, the description of the car and the car plate numbers have been circulated to all police patrol cars.
In the meantime, police have issued a citation for the Syrian for violating a traffic law for leaving the car engine in operation.
Theft at project:
The legal representative of a company specialized in drilling wells has filed a complaint with the Jahra Police Station accusing someone of stealing three batteries and 80-meter battery cable from the headquarters of a project on the Salmi Road, reports
Al-Rai daily. The company representative said the theft occurred past midnight.
Fake meds seized:
The Assistant Undersecretary for Drug and Food Control Affairs at the Ministry of Health, Dr Abdullah Al-Bader, announced that the members of one of the inspection committees have seized quantities of counterfeit and forbidden medicines and unregistered food products and supplements from a shop in the Capital Governorate, reports Al-Rai daily.
The seizures were done based on violation of Law 28/1996 and ministerial decisions regulating the circulation of medicines and health products in the State of Kuwait.
The concerned person has been referred to the Public Prosecution.
Liquor peddler held:
Farwaniya securitymen arrested an Asian in Jleeb Shuyoukh for the possession of an undisclosed quantity of alcohol ready for sale.
The Asian and confiscated items were referred to the concerned authorities.