This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – A. Mahyawi
The Criminal Chamber of First Instance responsible for audiovisual financial crimes at the Court of Appeal of Fez closed, yesterday evening, Tuesday, December 17, the curtain on the trial of 4 employees of the Independent Water Distribution Agency and Electricity involved in committing crimes related to waste of public funds and corruption, which were revealed by the agency’s internal control committee.
The aforementioned chamber, chaired by Councilor Muhammad Lihya, decided that the four accused would face effective imprisonment and a fine.
Thus, the body in charge of the case decided to sentence the main defendants in the case (Mustafa A) and (Muhammad B) to an effective prison sentence of two years each and to a fine of 20 thousand dirhams, while she sentenced the third accused (Hassan KH) to effective imprisonment of one and a half years and a fine of 15 thousand dirhams, and the minimum sentence was imposed on the accused (Abdulaziz M.), who was sentenced by the court to a sentence of seven months and a fine of 5,000 dirhams. dirhams.
As part of the civil claims, the court decided to pay the four defendants, in solidarity, a sum of 415 thousand dirhams to the Independent Water and Electricity Distribution Agency of Fez.
