Rabat- A video of two women interrogating a swindler who pretended to be mandated by the king to take money from people has circulated on social media networks since Tuesday.
Rabat- A video of two women interrogating a swindler who pretended to be mandated by the king to take money from people has circulated on social media networks since Tuesday.
The video reveals the suspect being interrogated by two women, who brought him into their house to make him confess his lies.
The first woman yelled at the man and accused him of deceiving one of her relatives by pretending to be the King’s cousin and taking MAD 800,000 from her.
The suspect later confessed to the woman that he has an accomplice living in Touarga, near Rabat, with whom he deceived people claiming that they were both “chorafa”(noble or highborn) sent by King Mohammed VI.
The suspect used fake royal business cards to extort large amounts of money from citizens, tricking them into believing that he would solve their problems.
The second woman was Moroccan author Nicole Elgrissy, who filmed the video and called on people to keep sharing it on social media: “Here is ladies and gentleman, the business card they used to swindle money from people, pretending that they’re part of the Alaoui royal family…shame on you to defraud the people.”
The business card says: “Alaoui Sidi Mohammed, grandson of Sultan Moulay Hassan I, cousin of his majesty the King, Royal Palace-Rabat.”
The incident is not the first time that frauds deceived citizens and gained money while pretending to be members of “chorafa.”
Recently, Morocco’s General Directorate for National Security (DGSN) arrested a police commissioner in possession of chorafa cards with which he pocketed MAD 60,000 from people, claiming that he would find jobs for them.
