Libya’s Attorney General’s Office has announced the arrest of an Egyptian national accused of forging civil status records after investigators confirmed he used a falsified family registration attributed to the Civil Registry Office in Jalu. The forged document enabled the issuance of nine illegal national identification numbers, which were subsequently used by members of his family to obtain official documents and unlawfully benefit from rights linked to Libyan citizenship.
According to a statement from the prosecution, investigators specializing in civil status forgery cases—operating under the Office of the Public Advocate in Benghazi—tracked evidence confirming that the suspect committed document forgery and used the falsified record as an official instrument. This allowed him to assume a public post within the General People’s Committee for Communications and Maritime Transport in 1985, and later to join the Internal Security Agency in 2018.
The investigation further revealed that the fabricated data facilitated the issuance of administrative extracts for his relatives, enabling them to exploit benefits and rights arising from Libyan citizenship based on unlawfully obtained national numbers.
In light of the findings, the Public Prosecution ordered the suspension of all administrative documents derived from the forged records and initiated procedures to trace and recover any benefits obtained through the fraud. The suspect has been remanded in custody pending further investigation.
The prosecution also instructed authorities to identify and investigate the civil registry employee allegedly involved in enabling the forgery at the Jalu Civil Registry Office, as part of broader efforts to safeguard the integrity of Libya’s civil status system.
