Moroccan PJD Official Arrested in Credit Fraud Scandal

The municipal councilor and president of the local section of the PJD, the person responsible for legalizing signatures within the municipality of Souk Larbâa, as well as the manager of a local agency of a credit company, are all three accused of being part of a network of document forgery and use of forgeries, particularly in the establishment of false credit applications in the name of real small employees of Souk Larbâa and Sidi Bouselham without their knowledge.

Surprised, the latter have filed complaints with the police, reports the daily Al Akhbar, adding that these false credits currently amount to a total of 1.2 million dirhams, pending the emergence of other plaintiffs.

The investigations led the judicial police to place the aforementioned officials in custody. They were to be presented on Friday before the judge at the Souk Larbâa court, in order to establish the responsibilities before prosecuting them for the offenses of forgery and use of forgeries for criminal purposes.