Former Moroccan MP’s Assets Seized in "Chinese Plans" Corruption Case

The appeal judgment has been handed down. All the movable and immovable property of the former FFD deputy in the first Chamber for the Ghefsay constituency, in the province of Taounat, B.R, who was also the former chairman of the urban planning commission at the Fez city council, his bank accounts, the property of his two sons and his wife, as well as those of another former deputy of Hamid Chabat, an Istiqlalian, H. CH, former councilor in the Al Mariniyine district, have been the subject of a judicial seizure, reports the Arabic-language daily Assabah. Acquired since May 3, 2007, the date of promulgation of the law on the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, these seized assets have now come under the control of the State.

In addition to the seizure of assets, the Chamber in charge of financial crimes and money laundering at the Court of Appeal of Fez has also reduced the prison sentences handed down at first instance in 2021 in this case. Thus, the three-year sentence imposed on the former MP and the former municipal councilor (both former deputies of Hamid Chabat) has been reduced to one year. The 50,000 DH fine is however maintained. The two sons of the former deputy, as well as his wife, were sentenced to one year in prison with a suspended sentence and a fine of 20,000 DH each. Eleven (six real estate developers and five architects) of the thirteen other people prosecuted in this case and sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 20,000 DH see their sentence reduced.