The accused pleaded guilty to four charges involving passport fraud, including causing the Passport Office to use forged documents in issuing passports, possession of forged passports, possession of a false wig with intent to commit an indictable offence, and use of a forged passport.
The offences occurred between 2009 and 2011 and were part of a sophisticated scheme to obtain false Canadian passports and identity documents to unlawfully bring his children from Kuwait to Canada, circumventing a custody order that prohibited their removal.
The court imposed a sentence of 18 months imprisonment followed by 12 months probation, rejecting a conditional sentence despite mitigating factors including the accused's guilty plea, positive pre-sentence report, lack of criminal record, medical condition, and family support.
