A. Latif Baraka: Heba Press
The Court of Appeal for Monetary Offenses in Marrakech sentenced the former president of the territorial community of Inezgane, prefecture of Inezgane-Ait Melloul, to two years of effective imprisonment, following the confirmation of the preliminary ruling No. 1206, file 853/2625/2019, the applicant in the case of embezzlement of the amount of 254 million centimes allocated for the purchase of occasional, or 1,750 barrels of “Fuel” from the finances of the territorial community, and in the public trial he was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand dirhams, against the background of an act accusing him of embezzlement of public funds placed under his control by virtue of his position in accordance with Chapter 241 of the Penal Code, and participation in the embezzlement of funds for those accompanying him in accordance with Chapters 129 and 241 of the Penal Code.
This final decision on appeal comes in a context where the Court of Cassation has returned its case, citing incompetence.
According to the text of the appeal court decision, the same instance sentenced the four defendants in this case to one year of actual imprisonment and one year of suspended imprisonment for each of the former Haisoubi, employee of the territorial community of Inezgane, owner of the gas station, the former vice-president of the accused and convicted, and another Haisoubi of the gas station, with performance, a fine of 30 thousand dirhams is imposed on each of them, in addition to their payment of a total civil solidarity compensation. in the amount of one million dirhams for the benefit of the Collective Council of Inezgane.
The details of this case, known in local and national public opinion as the “Cazual” case, date back to the time when one of the former presidents was prudently assuming the functions of director and management of the Collective Council of Lanzgane, when it became evident that he made it known that there had been manipulations in the finances of the municipality, which is why he filed a complaint about it with the court requesting the opening of an investigation to discover the case regarding the fate of a group of sums of money allocated to the purchase of “occasionals, ” which was previously mentioned in the report of the Higher Council of Accounts, after the Audit Committee carefully examined and researched a set of files, where it was, as indicated in the report it completed on the subject. financial, administrative and procedural violations and breaches, including the disappearance of an amount of 254 million centimes from the group’s finances, which was recorded in the annual financial report as being spent on the acquisition of a quantity of fuel, totaling 1,750 barrels. However, the investigations carried out by the Inspection Committee reveal the opposite, as shown in its comprehensive report on this case, which denies that the group received a quantity of fuel of an equivalent value to that mentioned, and that it was not initially unloaded at the municipal depot in Inezgane, according to a certificate signed by “HB”, the head of the municipal depot.
After the pronouncement of this final judgment, many questions have arisen on social networks, and at the level of the prefecture of Inzgane Ait Melloul, since last Thursday, on the fact that the two convicts in this case were not arrested and imprisoned, after going through all its stages and ruling on appeal before the financial crimes court of Marrakech with an effective prison sentence and a fine.
