Kuwaiti Acquitted in Embezzlement Case

The Court of Appeals in Kuwait has acquitted a citizen accused of embezzling KD40,000. The individual had been charged with receiving the funds in exchange for promoting products and goods belonging to a company reportedly valued at around KD5 million.

During the proceedings, the defense lawyer, Hussein Al-Asfour, presented arguments that successfully challenged the basis of the embezzlement charge. Al-Asfour contended that the essential elements required to prove embezzlement were not present in the case.

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The elements of the crime of embezzlement are not present, asserting that the incident is merely a civil and commercial dispute between the two parties and does not meet the criteria for a criminal offense.

Instead, the defense asserted that the dispute was fundamentally a civil and commercial matter between the involved parties. They argued that the transactions and financial disagreements stemmed from their business relationship and did not meet the legal criteria for a criminal offense. The court's decision to acquit reflects the acceptance of this argument.

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The disputed sums are related to the commercial relationship and transactions between the parties.