Moroccan Bank Officials Charged in $1 Million Embezzlement Scheme

The accused were presented on Friday before the Rabat Public Prosecutor’s Office, which entrusted the case to the investigating judge in charge of financial crimes. They are accused of having "falsified bank documents, accessed the computer system to hack it in order to divert funds", of "misappropriation of public funds" and of "breach of trust", reports the daily Assabah.

The fraud was revealed after an internal audit. The case was then entrusted to the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) which questioned the five accused, including a woman, before bringing them before the Attorney General of the King at the Rabat Court of Appeal, who ordered the detention of the four defendants "in the Al Arjate prison in Salé, while the fifth was released and will be prosecuted on provisional release," it is specified.

"The legal representatives of the Bank, who confirmed the facts during all the stages of the investigation before the BNPJ investigators, will file a request during the trial to constitute themselves as a civil party in order to demand that the diverted money be returned, in addition to the compensation for the damage, damages and interest," indicates the same source, quoted by the360.