The court of first instance of Fez on Thursday sentenced to five years in prison and a fine an agent of a bank agency, in detention for six months for having embezzled more than 8 million dirhams from the bank.
The accused, a young man of around 30 years old, was employed in a bank branch. Arrested six months ago for embezzlement and placed in detention in Bourkaiz prison, he was sentenced Thursday to 5 years in prison and to pay 8,421,000 dirhams to the bank which employed him.
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The convicted person kept two check books and four checks from different bank agencies issued for the benefit of state institutions. He had also established bank cards in his name, linked to various accounts he had opened on cryptocurrency exchange platforms.
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In addition to the banker, another accused in the same case was sentenced to 6 months in prison, a couple to a suspended sentence of 6 months, and another accused to 4 months in prison. The court acquitted one of the accused.
