Bank Employee in Rabat Arrested for $120,000 Embezzlement Scheme

The defendant was brought before the public prosecutor’s office of the Rabat Court of Appeal in charge of financial crimes. He is accused of embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds, forgery and hacking of bank accounts and computer systems, reports the daily Al Akhbar.

The suspect was arrested after the internal audit carried out a few weeks ago following complaints from clients who reported abnormal withdrawals from their bank accounts. The auditors discovered that the accused had made transfers to private accounts amounting to 1,200,000 dirhams.

After a preliminary investigation conducted by the regional brigade of the judicial police of Rabat, the defendant was brought before the investigating judge who ordered his pre-trial detention in the Tamesna prison. A thorough investigation will be opened in the coming days to shed light on this case.