This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – A. Mahyawi
The Criminal Chamber of First Instance responsible for the dissemination of financial crimes at the Court of Appeal of Fez, the day before yesterday, Tuesday December 31, 2024 last year, postponed the case of the network of thefts on state and private domains , of which These activities were dismantled by members of the Regional Division of the Judicial Police of the State Security of Fez, on the basis of precise information provided by the services of the General Directorate of National Territorial Surveillance.
The chamber, chaired by councilor Mohamed Lihia, decided to postpone the file to the session of January 7, in order to plead with Captain Abdel Rahim Ababu, absent from Tuesday’s session due to illness. It is expected that next Tuesday’s session will be the last session in this case which has shaken national and local public opinion in the Fez-Meknes region, taking into account the jobs and tasks of the accused.
In October 2023, members of the National Judicial Police Division, on the basis of precise data provided by the services of the General Directorate of National Territorial Surveillance, arrested 21 people, including Adul, an advisor to the group, officials and employees of the group, suspected of having committed criminal acts. be linked to an active criminal network. By falsifying official and customary documents with the aim of seizing private and public real estate, and by impersonating characteristics regulated by law to facilitate the commission of fraudulent acts. Those who wish to immigrate.
The suspects were arrested during simultaneous operations carried out in the towns of Beni Mellal, Ouarzazate, Azrou, Tinghir, Ain Taoujdat and Imouzar, after search procedures revealed suspicions of their complicity and intentional involvement in the falsification of legal title deeds and seeking assistance from false witnesses. , for the purposes of seizing real estate in the public domain or belonging to individuals, particularly foreigners.
The same source added that field research showed that some of the detainees were involved in defrauding those who wanted to immigrate abroad, stealing from them various sums of money in exchange for fictitious promises of issuing visas. and contracts to work abroad.
The checks carried out in the context of this case resulted in the seizure of a set of false property titles, employment contracts and visas, in addition to the seizure of storage media and computer equipment used for forgery purposes, in addition to the seizure of receipts for financial transfers suspected of being the proceeds of these criminal activities.
The criminal network includes a documentation judge who worked at the Sefrou first instance court, as well as a lawyer from the Meknes prefecture, a judge, collective advisors, public officials and false witnesses.
