Raffle fraud deepens as eight new suspects identified in KD 250,000 scam - Times Kuwait

Raffle fraud deepens as eight new suspects identified in KD 250,000 scam - Times Kuwait

• The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is conducting a regulatory review of raffle records since 2022, the period most likely affected by manipulation. It is working with the Central Bank and other regulatory bodies to establish a transparent system that upholds the integrity of future prize draws. • The Ministry of Interior exposed a raffle-rigging scheme involving an official of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, leading to the arrest of …

GOV.KW The Kuwaiti public has been preoccupied with the integrity of prize draws over the past two days, following a controversy surrounding a recent draw at the Ya Hala Shopping Festival. Activists widely circulated a video on social media showing the winning coupon being drawn for a luxury car. The first thing that aroused the suspicions of activists was the raffle official himself, who preempted the process by saying, “You see how the coupons…