فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
Marrakech, [Date] – The Criminal Chambers for Financial Crimes of the Court of Appeal in Marrakech has upheld the first instance judgment convicting the former mayor of Inezgane, as well as his deputy and two officials from fuel companies and the municipal accountant, in a case of embezzlement of 254 million centimes earmarked for the purchase of diesel fuel.
The details of the case go back to when the newly elected mayor of the municipality, upon taking office, noticed significant financial irregularities in the municipality’s finances, prompting him to file a complaint with the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Agadir. Indeed, an inspection committee conducted a thorough investigation into the municipality’s finances and uncovered a series of financial, administrative and procedural violations, including the disappearance of 254 million centimes from the municipality’s budget that was intended for the purchase of fuel.
Consequently, the investigating judge decided to prosecute the former mayor for the misappropriation of public funds, along with his deputy and officials from the two fuel distribution companies and the municipal accountant for their involvement in the embezzlement.
After a lengthy judicial process lasting over 14 years, the Criminal Chamber for Financial Crimes at the Court of Appeal in Marrakech, on November 16, 2017, ruled to convict the former mayor to two years of effective imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 dirhams. The court also convicted the three other defendants to one year of effective imprisonment, one year suspended, and a fine of 30,000 dirhams each.
Regarding the civil claim, the court ordered the defendants to jointly pay a total civil compensation of one million dirhams to the aggrieved party, along with legal costs. The Criminal Chambers of the Court of Appeal upheld all the provisions of this judgment.
