Former Moroccan Bank Director Jailed for Embezzlement in Ouezzane

The defendant and an employee of the bank agency were brought before the criminal chamber on Tuesday. They are being prosecuted for the charges of falsification of bank documents, embezzlement of public funds and complicity, reports the daily Al Akhbar, specifying that the investigating judge ordered the former director of the bank agency to be placed in pre-trial detention and continued the employee on provisional release for complicity.

The main defendant had been relieved of his duties by the central management of the bank after his involvement in a case of issuing checks without provision and his conviction to a prison sentence for this offense. In this new case, the former director and the employee falsified bank documents, which allowed them to embezzle tens of thousands of dirhams from customer accounts.

According to the preliminary investigations, the defendant would go to the bank agency at night to hack the computer system and empty the accounts of his clients. The investigation is ongoing and will determine the amount embezzled as well as the number and identity of the victim customers.