If you've been following this legal battle, you'll know that the the key defense of the AlGosaibis is that there was widespread forgery of signatures of key members of the family on documents used to obtain loans from international and regional banks. And that they never received the proceeds of the loans. They have accused Mr. AlSanea of being the mastermind of this alleged plot. Mr. AlSanea for his part has vigorously denied any wrongdoing.
On 5 April, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Seyassah published a lengthy account (some five pages when printed out) of an alleged evidence file/document "T-1437" which was supposedly prepared by Bahraini criminal justice experts about the allegations of forgery of Sulayman AlGosaibi and Ahmed Al Gosaibi's signatures on a variety of documents. As per Al-Seyassah's account the report supports the AlGosaibi's contention that there was forgery, though the report does not identify the forger or forgers.
Al-Seyassah states that it received the document from an anonymous source - apparently via an email.
The article also discusses the latest New York Court hearings related to Mashrekbank v AlGosaibi (to which AlGosaibi has added Mr. AlSanea as a third party defendant).
I've given the document a quick read and if I have time I may post a bit more on it later. In the interim, you can use the link above to read the document. The print version of Al-Seyassah has some charts/illustrations.
It's important to note that there is no way of knowing whether the document is authentic. And as Al-Seyassah notes in its article there is a "propaganda" campaign going on by partisans of either side.
It's also important to note that Mr. AlSanea vigorously denies any wrongdoing. And that no Court has found anyone guilty or exonerated anyone in this case.
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