The elements of the judicial police of Laâyoune succeeded in arresting a 32-year-old man who was posing as the president of a municipal council in the southern province to defraud entrepreneurs. The investigations continue to dismantle the gang of criminals of which he seems to be the mastermind.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Ain Sebâa has placed in detention a deputy from the Constitutional Union (UC) party accused of defrauding more than 600 million dirhams from a bank and public institutions.
The judicial police of Sidi Slimane arrested a Moroccan expatriate, owner of an international shipping and transport agency. He is accused of having defrauded several people to whom he signed fictitious employment contracts abroad.
Many women in Tetouan and its surroundings have fallen victim on the Internet to pyramid selling networks whose slogan is "Earn money while sleeping".
The Tangier police arrested a woman who was posing as a local authority. Aided by her accomplice who wore the uniform of the auxiliary forces, she was defrauding merchants.
The Court of First Instance in El Jadida has sentenced a con man who was posing as an architect and his accomplice to four years in prison and six months suspended for fraud, forgery of administrative documents and participation in a fraud.
A scammer posed as Brigitte Macron’s nephew to obtain benefits, including in a hotel establishment in Marrakech. Prosecuted for attempted fraud and identity theft, the man and his accomplice will appear before the Paris Criminal Court tomorrow Tuesday and Wednesday.
Three individuals including a woman and a policeman, suspected of being involved in a case of fraud on the grounds of fictitious recruitment and forgery and use of forgery, were referred to the competent prosecutor’s office in Essaouira.
In Casablanca, a Moroccan expatriate (MRE) was scammed by an individual who ran in the recent legislative, municipal and regional elections under the banner of a major political party. An election poster allowed the police to identify and arrest him following a complaint for breach of trust and fraud filed with the justice system.
The gendarmerie of Skhirat arrested a "raqi" and his two accomplices following a complaint for torture and fraud filed against them by a woman and her daughter.
The National Office for the Fight against Economic and Financial Crimes of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) referred on Tuesday before the Court of Appeal of Béni Mellal four individuals, including two police officers, a repeat offender and his son. The defendants, aged between 21 and 59, are members of a network known for fraud, aggravated theft and corruption.
Some 220 people directly or indirectly involved in the falsification of health passes, vaccination certificates and PCR tests have been arrested in recent days in Morocco. The authorities had warned that the justice system would be systematically seized.