The association managing the Villeneuve-d’Ascq (Hauts-de-France) mosque reacted to the accusations of breach of trust, fraud, and attempted fraud against officials of the Islamic center. They were placed under judicial supervision.
Previously in custody for breach of trust, attempted fraud and mismanagement of accounts, four leaders of the Villeneuve-d’Ascq mosque and a fifth person were placed under judicial supervision on Tuesday.
A "business leader" and his accomplices will be tried at the end of August before the Toulouse Criminal Court, notably for organized fraud and aiding illegal entry and stay. Their victims are Moroccan workers to whom they had promised jobs in exchange for a large sum of money.
The Rabat Court of Appeal has just sentenced a lawyer involved in a case of fraud and corruption to a five-year prison sentence, accompanied by a heavy fine.
Some unscrupulous individuals are posing as employees of a charitable agency managed by the royal palace to defraud citizens to whom they ask for banking information, making them believe that they have been drawn to win a voucher during this Ramadan period.
Convicted by the second chamber in charge of financial crimes, several elected officials are back in court. These include the president of the Oriental region and the mayor of Oujda, prosecuted for embezzlement of public funds.
A lawyer, manager of King Family Lending LLC, a credit institution based in Newport Beach (California), is accused of a vast $10 million fraud. To evade justice, her ex-husband has fled to Morocco.
An executive of the "Prestigia" company, specialized in the sale of high-end real estate, and affiliated with the urban group "Addoha", was incarcerated in the Oudayas prison in Marrakech for his alleged involvement in a 50 million dirham fraud case.
Criminals posing as fake police officers are using Morocco’s country code to scam their victims in Gironde, in the Libourne area. The Libourne gendarmerie is warning of an increase in thefts since the beginning of the year.
Based on information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), the elements of the judicial police of Tabriquet, in Salé, arrested an individual who was posing as a colonel on a mission at the royal palace, to defraud his victims.
Eight individuals were arrested on Tuesday by the Fez police elements. They would be involved in a case of kidnapping and ransom demand.
In Agadir, a petit taxi driver defrauded a tourist who filed a complaint against him. In addition to a possible fine that will be imposed on him, he could have his driver’s license revoked.