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Moroccan Retiree Loses 700,000 Dirhams in Royal Palace Scam
A Moroccan living abroad, who had returned to Morocco to retire there, was swindled by a scammer who claimed to be close to the royal palace, and lost the sum of 700,000 dirhams.

A Moroccan living abroad, who had returned to Morocco to retire there, was swindled by a scammer who claimed to be close to the royal palace, and lost the sum of 700,000 dirhams.

Some 45 young Moroccan medical students have been the target of a scam, set up by a Pakistani intermediary. The latter relieved them of millions of cents, claiming that he would enroll them at the Kirovohrad Medical University in Ukraine.

Finally behind bars. Wanted for several months for defrauding dozens of Moroccans living abroad in a real estate deal, a developer has finally been arrested.