Interpol Joins Hunt for Moroccan Banker Accused of $2 Million Theft

The police services of the wilaya of the security of Tetouan and Interpol are conducting their investigation to track down the head cashier of a bank branch in M’diq suspected of having stolen more than 20 million dirhams from the institution, reports Al Akhbar. The suspect is said to have planned his departure with his family towards a country that has not signed conventions with Interpol or that does not have cooperation with Morocco in terms of extradition and judicial assistance, according to sources close to the investigation.

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The embezzlement of funds was confirmed following an investigation by the bank’s general inspection into suspicions of a theft of more than 20 million dirhams - a sum of money withdrawn from customer accounts, but also from the branch’s own coffers. An amount of more than 700,000 euros and other sums of money requested from the competent services, particularly the Central Bank, to replenish the branch’s coffers, were stolen. The prolonged and unjustified absence of the head cashier had also alerted the bank’s general management.