{"id":4072,"date":"2026-06-09T06:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2026-06-09T06:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:12:37","slug":"fake-doctor-jailed-for-three-years-in-kuwait-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/06\/09\/fake-doctor-jailed-for-three-years-in-kuwait-fraud-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Doctor Jailed for Three Years in Kuwait Fraud Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kuwait City: A Kuwaiti citizen has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined KD3,000 after being convicted of posing as a doctor and defrauding patients at a public hospital.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to court records, the man allegedly wore official medical attire and moved around a government medical complex, convincing staff and patients that he was a qualified doctor.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case came to light after he reportedly persuaded a young woman that he could arrange and expedite cosmetic surgery procedures on her behalf.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators found that the accused collected KD950 from the woman after promising to speed up the necessary medical arrangements and approvals.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Security authorities launched an investigation after suspicious behaviour was detected within the hospital. CCTV footage reportedly showed the suspect moving through different sections of the medical facility while dressed as a doctor.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The footage helped investigators identify and arrest the suspect. Following the investigation and court proceedings, the Criminal Court found him guilty of fraud and impersonation.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the three-year prison sentence, the court imposed a KD3,000 fine, highlighting the seriousness of offences involving deception within healthcare institutions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuwait City: A Kuwaiti citizen has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined KD3,000 after being convicted of posing as a doctor and defrauding patients at a public hospital. According to court records, the man allegedly wore official medical attire and moved around a government medical complex, convincing staff and patients that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kuwait-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4074,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions\/4074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}