Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1080

The offence of intentionally damaging public funds is established: whenever the perpetrator is a public official, employee or worker entrusted with safeguarding the interests of one of the entities specified in Article 2 of Law No. 1 of 1993 concerning Protection of Public Funds, including the State, in a transaction, operation or case, or entrusted with negotiations, commitments and agreements or contracting with any entity inside or outside the country concerning any affairs of those entities, where this would entail financial rights and obligations for the State or any other aforementioned entity, and he intentionally conducts them to harm the funds or interests entrusted to him with the intention of obtaining a profit or benefit for himself or another. - Establishment of this offence does not require actual receipt of the profit or benefit for himself. Mere attempt suffices even if the profit or benefit is not achieved. - 296 - Penal Law - The offence of intentionally damaging public funds. The judgment need not expressly and separately address criminal intent therein. The limit to this. Ninth: Prejudice to the interests of the State