HIBAPRESS
The Criminal Chamber for Financial Crimes at the Court of Appeal in Fez issued a verdict of two years' imprisonment and a fine of 20,000 dirhams against the principal of the "Hassan Ibn Thabit" school group in Berkane, after his involvement in financial irregularities revealed by regional inspection committees.
The court ruled in the civil case to oblige the accused (Hicham. M) to return the amount of 192,800 dirhams in favor of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of National Education in Berkane, with the payment of a civil compensation of 20,000 dirhams, and to bear the expenses and set the compulsion at the minimum, while the body decided to cancel the arrest warrant previously issued by the investigating judge. The details of the case go back to the follow-up of the person concerned with charges related to embezzlement and squandering of public funds, forgery of a bank check and its use, which are the charges on which the court based its initial in absentia ruling against the accused and in attendance in favor of the claimant of the civil right.
