The cause of the death of Fahd Al-Rajaan, the former director of the Social Security Corporation in Kuwait During the past few hours, official Kuwaiti media announced the death of Fahd Al-Rajaan, who is accused by the authorities of embezzling the insurance company’s funds and fleeing to London.
Social networking sites were buzzing with searching for the cause of the death of Fahd Al-Rajaan, the former director of the Social Insurance Institution in Kuwait, especially as he is currently residing in the British capital, London, after he fled Kuwait following accusations of corruption and embezzlement by the Kuwaiti ruling authorities.
The cause of the death of Fahad Al-Rajaan
According to a number of active accounts on social networking sites, the cause of the death of Fahd Al-Rajaan, the former director of the Social Insurance Corporation in Kuwait, was due to a health illness that had plagued him during the past few days and was subsequently admitted to the hospital for treatment, until the doctors announced his death this morning, Tuesday, 6 September 2022, while this has not been officially confirmed until now by the Al-Rajaan family or any of the official authorities, whether in London or Kuwait.
Activists in the State of Kuwait circulated a picture of Fahd Al-Rajaan, who was widely known in the country, especially as he was leading the Social Insurance Institution during the past years, and the accompanying accusations amounted to embezzlement of funds and administrative corruption, according to the activists’ tweets.
Judgment on Fahd Al-Rajaan
The Criminal Court in Kuwait sentenced the former Director General of the Public Institution for Social Security Fahd Al-Rajaan and his wife to life imprisonment; On charges of embezzling the insurance company’s funds, which Al-Rajaan led for 30 years, according to “Erm News”.
Committing a money laundering crime The court ruling issued in absentia against Al-Rajaan and his wife who is outside the country included a refund of $82 million, a fine of double the amount, and confiscation of property, real estate, companies, shares and contracts used in committing the money laundering crime, according to the local newspaper, Al-Rai.
The embezzlement case Last May, the Criminal Court witnessed the first session of the trial of Al-Rajaan in the embezzlement case, which amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars. The session was broadcast live on Al-Rai TV, as a judicial precedent witnessed by the Kuwaiti courts; Because of the importance of the case and the amount of money embezzled from a public institution.
And legal sources in London and Switzerland had previously revealed that the value of the amounts that could be counted so far from the amounts of commissions and bribes obtained by Al-Rajaan amounted to about 800 million dollars during the period between 1995 and 2015.
Fahad Al-Rajaan Wikipedia
Fahad Al-Rajaan is one of the most famous Kuwaiti personalities, and through the following points we mention the most important personal information related to him:
His name is Fahd Mazeed Rajaan Al-Rajaan.
He was born on the twenty-fifth day of the year 1948 AD.
He was born in the State of Kuwait.
He is seventy-three years old.
He is of Kuwaiti origin and nationality.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the American University in Washington.
He held many important positions, and the last position was “General Director of the General Organization for Social Insurance, Vice President, as well as Head of several banks.”
He married a Kuwaiti woman named Muna Muhammad Abdul Aziz Al-Wazzan.
Positions held by Fahd Al-Rajaan
Fahd Al-Rajaan held many important positions in the State of Kuwait, and through the following points we mention those positions:
He held an executive position in the Investment Company in Kuwait from 1975 to 1981 AD.
He served as the managing director of the Kuwaiti Real Estate Consortium Real Madrid, in the year 1980 AD.
He served as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Wafra Investment Company.
He took over the presidency of the United Bank of Kuwait plc.
He worked as President of the United National Bank of the United Kingdom.
He held the position of President of the Ahli United Bank of Egypt.
He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wafra International Investment Company in Kuwait.
He served as President of Kuwait Real Estate Union in the field of investment in 1981 to 1984 AD.
He headed the board of directors of the Egyptian Gulf Bank in Cairo.
He held the position of Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Bank of Kuwait in the State of Kuwait.
He worked as a director of the National Industries Group Holding, in the year 1996 AD.
Represents a member of the Board of Directors of Zakat House in Kuwait.
He held the position of Director General of the General Organization for Social Insurance from 1984 AD until 2012 AD.
Where is Fahad Al-Rajaan from?
Fahd Al-Rajaan belongs to the Rajaan tribe, whose origins go back to Al-Wisama from Briah from Mutair, and belongs to the offspring of Rajaan Al-Buwaid.
The Al-Rajaan family owns many distinguished personalities, among the most famous of its members are Rajaan Al-Lulwalid, who has been in charge of one of Kuwait’s gates since ancient times, and Fahd Mazyad Al-Rajaan, who held the position of Director of the Social Insurance Institution.
The arrest of Fahd Al-Rajaan from his work in Kuwait
In the middle of 2012 AD, he issued a decision stating the arrest of Fahd Al-Rajaan from his position as former Director General of Social Insurance, and he was transferred to the investigation of the cases attributed to him. The most important of these charges is the case of embezzlement of funds from the Public Institution for Social Security, and in 2015 AD, the Kuwaiti Public Prosecution issued a summons to bring Fahd Al-Rajaan, with the aim of investigating him.
The Kuwaiti Public Prosecution issued a decision to seize Fahd Al-Rajaan’s money and accounts, due to Fahd’s travel outside Kuwait. It also requested judicial assistance from the judicial authorities in a number of other countries, namely Switzerland, the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Kingdom.
Then an international arrest warrant was issued, and the International Police Interpol issued a red notice against him, and the Public Prosecution began submitting a request to the competent judicial authorities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the aim of assisting in his arrest and handing over to the Kuwaiti government.
On the sixth day of November 2017 AD, the British government issued a ruling approving the extradition of Fahd Al-Rajaan to the State of Kuwait, and he was referred to the British Foreign Office, and he was extradited by a decision of the United Kingdom.
And during the previous article, we are followers of Sawa News Agency, we have known about The cause of the death of Fahd Al-Rajaan, the former director of the Social Security Corporation in Kuwait This was accompanied by cases of embezzlement of funds, administrative corruption and his escape to London.
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