This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hiba Press_Fez Office
The Criminal Chamber of First Instance responsible for the dissemination of financial crimes at the Court of Appeal of Fez closed Tuesday evening, late at night, the curtain on the case of the network of thefts from state and private domains, whose activities have been dismantled by members of the regional division of the judicial police of the State of Fez, on the basis of information provided by the services of the General Directorate of National Territorial Surveillance.
The aforementioned chamber, headed by Counselor Muhammad Al-Lahiya, imposed effective prison sentences on the defendants in this case, with sentences ranging from 10 years of effective imprisonment to one year of effective imprisonment.
In the details of the judgments, the court sentenced the leader of the network to ten years in prison, while it sentenced a lawyer from the Meknes Authority to five years in prison and two years in prison for an accused documentation judge in the same matter. .
The court also sentenced an accused who practiced the profession of justice to two years of effective imprisonment, while it sentenced two of his colleagues to two years of effective imprisonment for a period of 14 months. The remaining sentences handed down to the other defendants were distributed. between 8 years and one year of effective imprisonment.
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 complicity and intentional involvement in the falsification of legal property titles and the use of false witnesses, with a view to 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.
