He is alleged to have altered advertising permit amounts after official fees were paid and then used the forged documents to embezzle the difference.
Aman, who was convicted in a major forgery and embezzlement case, has been arrested with assistance from authorities in the United Arab Emirates, according to Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior on Friday (May 8).
The suspect had been on the run after being sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison for embezzling public funds and forging official documents in Kuwait.
Investigators said he misused his former role as a legal advisor and general delegate at a cooperative society to carry out the offences between 2012 and 2018
He is alleged to have changed the amounts shown on Kuwait Municipality advertising permits after the official fees were already paid electronically, then submitted the forged documents to his employer and kept the difference.
The arrest was carried out by the General Department of Arab and International Criminal Police (Kuwaiti Interpol) in coordination with its counterpart in the United Arab Emirates. The suspect was detained following intensive surveillance, investigation, and close cooperation between Kuwaiti and Emirati authorities, which led to his capture in the UAE. He is now expected to be extradited to Kuwait to serve his sentence.
The case is part of a broader pattern of cross-border security cooperation involving the UAE. On April 29, Dubai Police led a joint operation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Chinese authorities that dismantled an international fraud network.
The operation, codenamed “Tri-Force Sentinel,” resulted in the arrest of 276 suspects linked to transnational scam syndicates and the shutdown of nine fraud centres involved in investment scams, cryptocurrency fraud, and so-called “pig butchering” schemes.
Earlier, on April 10, Dubai Police also participated in an international crackdown on the “Lyons Clan,” a violent criminal organisation in Scotland. Conducted with the UAE Ministry of Interior and Spain’s Guardia Civil under Operation Armorum, the operation led to key arrests and significantly disrupted the network.
