Elderly Moroccan Woman Defrauded of 4 Hectares in Land Scam

The story goes back to November 2016 when the woman was taken by individuals to the Commune of Tioughza, in the province of Sidi Ifni, where she was supposed to receive financial assistance from the State.

The suspects went to a complicit lawyer, who drew up documents, before going to the town hall. The woman affixed her fingerprint, then was given a 200 dirham bill, the amount of state aid, the suspects had told her.

The case came to light when, wanting to plow one of the fields, her nephew was prevented by one of the accomplices, on the pretext that he was the owner and that he had the deed of sale.

Traveling to the Commune of Tioughza, the woman’s nephews were surprised to discover the copy of the deed of sale, which stated that the land had been sold in exchange for 80,000 dirhams.

A complaint was filed against them with the Prosecutor of the King near the Court of First Instance of Tiznit, for fraud and extortion.