Fraud

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• Casablanca Couple Arrested for Scamming 21 Job Seekers with Fake Overseas Contracts
  9 October 2019, by Kamal

  The Judicial Police of Sidi Bernoussi in Casablanca has just arrested a married couple for their alleged involvement in a case of fraud. They swindled their victims by dangling job contracts abroad.
  According to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), some 21 people had filed a complaint against the two suspects to whom they had handed over sums ranging from 5,000 to 70,000 dirhams, in exchange for the promise of receiving job contracts abroad.
  A search of (…)

• Casablanca ’Romance Scammer’ Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Wealthy Women
  11 October 2019, by Kamal

  The Court of First Instance in Aïn Sebaâ in Casablanca has handed down a sentence of 3 and a half years in prison against the handsome "heartbreaker" of women, who defrauded his victims by promising them marriage.
  Following complaints filed by his numerous victims, the individual was apprehended by the police while he was in his luxurious Audi 7 car in the Moulay Cherif neighborhood of Hay El Mohammadi.
  The Aljarida24 website reports that the suspect, who chose his victims from among (…)

• Ex-Moroccan Soldier Sentenced to 3 Years for Job Scam Targeting 30 Victims
  15 October 2019, by Kamal

  A former Moroccan soldier was sentenced by the Khémisset Court, on Tuesday, October 8, to 3 years in prison, for his alleged involvement in a case of fraud and fraud against 30 victims.
  According to the daily Al Massae, the individual, a former adjutant dismissed from the Royal Armed Forces for a serious offense, promised his victims jobs in the police, army and gendarmerie, in exchange for large sums of money.
  The suspect, who had disappeared from the city after receiving more than (…)

• Tangier Police Arrest Three in Online Car Sale Fraud Scheme
  18 October 2019, by Kamal

  The Prefectural Judicial Police Service of Tangier apprehended three individuals for their alleged involvement in cases of fraud and scams on the internet and issuing checks without provision.
  According to a press release from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the 3 individuals, aged 34 to 63, targeted citizens who were selling their car on electronic sites.
  The suspects, who presented themselves under false identities, managed to conclude sales contracts with their (…)

• King Mohammed VI Impersonator Sentenced to 18 Months for Fraud in Morocco
  16 October 2019, by Kamal

  The Court of First Instance of Rabat sentenced, on Friday, October 11, the double of King Mohammed VI to 18 months in prison, for recidivism and fraud in the name of the Alaouite Dynasty.
  While he wanted to file a complaint against an unknown person who would have modified the license plate of his car, the Prefectural Service of Tangier discovered, during the check-in operation, that the individual was the subject of a wanted notice from the Rabat Security.
  He claimed that legal (…)

• Moroccan Job Seekers Scammed in UAE Immigration Fraud Scheme
  18 October 2019, by Kamal

  About a hundred young Moroccans have been victims of fraud, by subscribing to an immigration program to the United Arab Emirates. Three individuals extorted large sums of money from them after promising them employment contracts.
  According to the daily Assabah, the three suspects collected down payments on migration fees ranging from 20,000 to 50,000 dirhams. In return, the many victims were to receive employment contracts in the Emirates in the fields of hospitality, catering, (…)

• Moroccan "Sorcerers" Jailed for $90,000 International Internet Scam
  26 October 2019, by Kamal

  Three Moroccans were brought before the Court of Appeal of Meknes for setting up a criminal network specializing in fraud and scams on the Internet. They are accused of having stolen nearly 900,000 dirhams from their victims in the United States, Australia, Germany and Iraq.
  The Prefectural Judicial Police Service of Meknes was able to dismantle the network, thanks to the complaint filed by a Swedish national who had paid nearly 40,000 dirhams for fake precious stones. She had responded (…)

• Moroccan Court Orders 114 Million Dirham Payment to Businessman Hassan Derham
  25 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  In the case that opposed him to the heirs of his Franco-Algerian associate, Hassan Derham prevailed. The justice system has just ruled in favor of the Sahrawi businessman and former socialist deputy, thus restoring his rights.
  The verdict has been handed down and Hassan Derham can finally rejoice. Threatened with bankruptcy, following an alleged fraud by his associate, the Sahrawi businessman was on the brink of the abyss and his empire was only holding on to this verdict which would (…)

• Hypnosis Scam "Samaoui" Targets Women in Morocco, Exploits Belief in Supernatural
  30 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  If there is a method of fraud that is thriving in Morocco and victimizing many people, it is the "Samaoui", a kind of scam that uses hypnosis.
  A social phenomenon that should alert more than one, the "Samaoui" is a formidable weapon used by outlaws to strip people, mostly women, of their possessions.
  In implementing his "technique", the scammer, who is often accompanied by a woman, certainly to gain the victim’s trust, poses as a marabout endowed with supernatural powers.
  From then (…)

• Moroccan Exorcist Sentenced to 10 Years for Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
  31 October 2019, by Kamal

  The fqih of Berkane was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a case of exploitation of women and sexual abuse under the guise of "roqia charaia", or exorcism. The sentence was handed down by the Oujda Court of Appeal on Wednesday, October 30.
  The Court also sentenced two other defendants, relatives of the victim, to two years in prison for violence and failure to report a crime, according to the Febrayer website. They appeared in a video in indecent poses with the fqih. (…)