Morocco Sentences Three to 20 Years for Forging Official Documents in Widespread Fraud Scheme

Prosecuted for offenses of forgery and use of forgery, the criminal network that continues to operate in Casablanca, Beni Mellal, Tanger, Oujda and Tétouan, is very active in the falsification of official documents, including property certificates, bank release certificates, customs public auction minutes, as well as certificates from the National Security Directorate.

According to the daily Assabah, the network of forgers was led by an individual living in the El Hana district of Casablanca. The man received a commission on each forged document. A task he was in the habit of entrusting to his wife. He would have been denounced by his accomplice, a forger of banknotes arrested in Fez, continues the same source.

An arrest warrant has been issued against several other individuals involved in this large criminal network that would have victimized many people. For the time being, notes the daily, only 4 people have been convicted in this case.