International Arrest Warrant Issued for Alleged Mastermind of ’Hamza Mon BB’ Celebrity Blackmail Scandal

Aïcha Ayach, who presents herself as a stylist and media woman, is not only suspected of being the mastermind behind the Hamza mon bb accounts. She would also be the instigator of the rumors and gossip circulated, the blackmail and other forms of threats carried out through these accounts, against celebrities in the world of art and culture. Aïcha Ayach would be in the United Arab Emirates, a country with which Morocco has signed, since April 2006, a judicial cooperation agreement covering, among other things, the extradition of criminals, reports le 360.

The alleged stylist and media woman is not the only one to be the subject of an international arrest warrant. The authorities are also looking for the accomplice and right-hand man of Aïcha Ayach. He would be abroad, under false identities that have remained unknown so far.

According to well-informed sources, the singer Dounia Batma would not be directly involved in the administration of the incriminated accounts, just as she would not have been involved in the extortion affairs. Her relationship with the administrator of the accounts would be linked to their use for the purpose of settling scores. On the other hand, the singer and Aïcha Ayach knew each other and had met, as evidenced by posts published on Instagram.

The judicial aspect of this case is about to begin before the court of first instance of Marrakech. It is a policeman who will be tried from January 16. On January 23, the trial of Soukaina Glamour, the journalist Simo Dahir and the boss of a car rental agency will follow.

But it will have to wait until February 8 for the start of the trial of the Batma sisters Dounia and Ibtissam, who are being prosecuted on provisional release, after posting bail of 500,000 and 300,000 dirhams respectively, the same source said.