Fraud

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• Counterfeit Cash Scam: Two Women Arrested in Marrakech for Fake Dollar Scheme
  15 July 2019, by Kamal

  Two women from a sub-Saharan country were arrested by the elements of the Prefectural Judicial Police Service of Marrakech, on charges of possession of counterfeit US dollar banknotes, fraud and scam.
  In a video circulated on Whatsapp, we see the two women throwing bundles of banknotes into the street, while passersby rush to pick them up, writes the daily Assabah. The investigation, conducted by the police services, made it possible to identify the two sub-Saharan women, originally from (…)

• Spanish Police Arrest Moroccan Fugitive Wanted for $2.4 Million Real Estate Fraud
  15 July 2019, by Said

  The Spanish National Police has just announced the arrest of a Moroccan woman, under an international arrest warrant issued by the Moroccan authorities. What she is accused of: a fraud of 25 million dirhams.
  Aged 51, this Moroccan woman was arrested on July 6, 2019, in Benalmádena, in the Malaga region (southern Spain). She was being prosecuted in Morocco for real estate scams amounting to 2.39 million euros.
  The fugitive, who had taken advantage of her status as a Land Registrar, had (…)

• Marrakech Cracks Down on Crime: Hundreds Arrested in Tourist Safety Operation
  29 July 2019, by Kamal

  628 fake guides were apprehended during these operations. 65 individuals were arrested for theft and fraud, 12 people for harassing tourists, 10 are wanted for criminal cases, while 40 others were arrested for violence and assault.
  As part of the fight against all forms of crime, the Tourist Police managed to arrest 176 minors for begging, 607 vagrants, 155 people with mental disorders, 80 individuals in a state of public drunkenness, and 56 drug dealers.
  This campaign is part of the (…)

• Moroccan ’Don Juan’ Arrested: Multiple Women Allege Fraud and Sexual Exploitation
  3 August 2019, by Kamal

  More than a dozen have fallen under the charm of this impostor. Handsome and very elegant, he had discovered the fatal weapon to take advantage of the naivety of his victims.
  Not only did he manage to lure them into his nets, but he even went so far as to appropriate their money and jewelry. He had managed to sexually exploit them, with their consent, and to extort their property.
  The numerous complaints filed by the victims have drawn the attention of the police services. They (…)

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• Marrakech Police Commissioner Gets 8 Years for $260,000 Embezzlement Scheme
  13 May 2022, by Armel

  The Marrakech Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in the case of embezzlement and extortion involving a police commissioner and a bank employee.
  According to the verdict, the police officer was sentenced to eight years in prison with a fine of 40,000 dirhams.
  As for the bank branch manager, she was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 5,000 dirhams.
  In addition, the two accomplices must repay the embezzled sum of 2.64 million dirhams and jointly pay a civil (…)

• African Man Arrested in Morocco for Facebook Romance Scam Targeting Women
  6 August 2019, by Kamal

  He posed as a European on Facebook and took advantage of the naivety of his victims to extort large sums of money from them.
  A sub-Saharan African, an impostor on Facebook, was arrested last Thursday by elements of the Provincial Brigade of the Judicial Police, in the city of Safi. He is being prosecuted for identity theft, fraud and swindling.
  Under a false European identity, the individual wove virtual relationships with women and promised them marriage, before extracting large sums (…)

• Scam Ring Targeting Families of Inmates Busted in El Jadida, Morocco
  7 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  Three scammers, who use subterfuges to deceive their victims, were arrested by the police in the city of El Jadida. Claiming to have good relations with senior officials of the city’s courts, they managed to defraud several people, including two mothers whose children were sentenced to 10 years in prison.
  The three individuals had easy prey, the litigants who wanted an "illegal" service. Indeed, to deceive their victims, the defendants pretend to be relatives with close ties to the senior (…)