His career has been marked by controversies, including convictions for his role in a disinformation campaign aimed at inciting insurrection and for engaging in unlawful surveillance.

Athbi Al Fahad was a prominent member of the Fintas Group, a Kuwaiti dissident faction implicated in a disinformation campaign in 2015 aimed at inciting insurrection.

The group’s activities centered around distributing a fabricated video on Twitter, allegedly showing Yousuf Al-Mutawa, the head of the Kuwait Constitutional Court, accepting bribes.

[4][2][5] Athbi Al Fahad, as the head of state security in Kuwait, was implicated in a high-profile legal case involving unauthorized surveillance and defamation.

This case revolved around the interception and recording of private phone conversations of Marzouq Al Ghanim, the former speaker of the Kuwaiti parliament.