CDG Officials Face Court in Moroccan Tourist Complex Embezzlement Case

Following an investigation by the National Office for the Fight against Economic and Financial Crimes under the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ), 13 directors and engineers of the Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion (CDG) were referred on provisional release before the investigating judge at the fifth chamber in charge of financial crimes for a case of embezzlement related to a tourist complex in Fnideq, reports Assabah. They all appeared before the court last Monday. Among them, the former CEO of the CDG, Anas Houir Alami, is being prosecuted for abuse of power and embezzlement of public funds.

Five other officials, including the French director of the Alliance Darna agency, the former CEO of the Compagnie Générale Immobilière (CGI), Mohamed Ali Ghannam, engineers and an official from the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs, are being prosecuted for embezzlement of public funds. As for the seven remaining officials, they are being prosecuted for participation in the embezzlement of public funds.