This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – A. Mahyawi
The Criminal Chamber of First Instance responsible for audiovisual financial crimes at the Court of Appeal of the city of Fez sentenced the former president of the Berkane Regional Council, as well as an entrepreneur who followed him in the same case, to penalties effective prison terms. imprisonment and a fine.
The aforementioned chamber, chaired by councilor Mohamed Lihia, pronounced, Tuesday December 31, 2024, afternoon, one year of effective imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 dirhams against the independent Mohamed Nassiri, who previously exercised the functions of president of the National Assembly. the Berkane Regional Council.
In the same case, the court sentenced an entrepreneur to one year in prison and a fine of 50,000 dirhams, while it rendered a decision to acquit a third defendant who was an employee.
It should be noted that the investigating judge responsible for financial crimes in broadcasting prosecuted Muhammad Nasiri for “embezzlement and squandering of public funds and exploitation of influence”, while the employee was prosecuted for “embezzlement and squandering of public funds”, while the entrepreneur was prosecuted for “participation in the embezzlement and squandering of public funds.
It should also be noted that the corruption file at the Berkane Regional Council during the Mohamed Nasiri era exploded after a lawyer from the Oujda Authority and a member of the Moroccan Organization for the Protection of Public Funds filed a complaint with the Fez public prosecutor’s office. .
