Kuwait's highest appeals court has issued a four-year prison sentence to two foreign-born brothers for their involvement in bribery.

During court proceedings, one of the defendants admitted to accepting a bribe from his brother to expedite a transaction on his behalf at an unspecified government agency. He informed the court that he had received KD1,000 from his brother, which was intended for a mediator, but instead, he kept the money for himself.

This case was part of a larger investigation into cash-for-mediation activities, with the nationalities of both defendants unspecified.

In recent years, Kuwait has intensified its efforts to combat corruption and fraudulent activities.

Recently, a Kuwaiti court sentenced a fugitive expatriate, an Egyptian national, to seven years in prison in absentia for allegedly amassing nearly KD25 million through fraudulent property deals. The defendant faced over 100 fraud cases after collaborating with a Kuwaiti businessman to sell non-existent properties. Interpol has been alerted to search for and apprehend the wanted defendant.

The Kuwaiti co-defendant, currently incarcerated, denied any knowledge of the fake property transactions