Moroccan Bank Employee Arrested for $120,000 Client Account Theft in Dakhla

The case was revealed after the disappearance of 1.20 million dirhams from the coffers of the bank branch, noted by an audit mission dispatched a few weeks ago by the bank’s general management. This control follows complaints from clients who reported abnormal withdrawals from their bank accounts, according to Rue20.

The investigations led to the arrest of the employee of the bank branch in Dakhla. After his arrest, the suspect was brought before the chamber of the court of first instance of the city, in charge of financial crimes, which decided to prosecute him for "misappropriation and squandering of public funds, forgery, and intrusion into bank accounts and computer systems".

For the record, the city of Dakhla had been shaken by a similar case of embezzlement of funds in a bank. It was a senior official of the institution who fled with more than 6 million dirhams, diverted from the accounts of certain clients.