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US Fraud Suspect Arrested in Morocco: Beninese National Wanted for $873,000 Tax Scheme
Wednesday 12 February 2020, by
In execution of an international arrest warrant issued by the US judicial authorities, elements of the prefectural service of the judicial police of the city of Marrakech arrested, last Monday, a 29-year-old Beninese national. The latter would be involved in fraud cases.
According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the accused is the subject of a red notice issued by the International Criminal Police Organization since October 22 last.
The Beninese national is accused of his alleged involvement in the falsification of identity and banking documents, as well as their use. The forger’s objective was to provide truncated income statements. A reprehensible act that will have allowed him to illegally obtain tax refunds amounting to $873,703.
As soon as he was apprehended, the suspect was placed in custody, pending the determination of the conditions of his extradition to the United States.
The operation that led to the arrest of the accused is part of the bilateral cooperation between Morocco and the United States in the field of security, according to a DGSN press release.