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Join on Telegram Rabat – The General Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Casablanca has opened an investigation into a fraud scandal in the public health sector, in which 31 people are allegedly involved.
The arrests – based on information obtained by the National Judicial Police Brigade (BNPJ) – are linked to the suspects’ alleged involvement in forging a group of public agreements with institutions affiliated with the public health sector.
The criminal charges the suspects are facing involve forming a criminal gang, bribery, wasting public funds, forging official documents, forging documents issued by the public administration, and destroying a public document that would facilitate the search for felonies and misdemeanors.
Eighteen of the suspects arrested on March 29 are public health workers. The 13 others are either employees or company owners.
The suspects are accused of facilitating the passing and obtaining of public deals in recent years to illegally supply and acquire medical devices and equipment meant for public hospitals in exchange for commissions, sums of money, and other benefits.
The Public Prosecution stated today, March 30, that the preliminary investigation revealed the involvement of the suspects in committing forgery acts.
To this end, the prosecutor ordered security services to seize money and property of some of the suspects.
Following the primary investigation, the Public Prosecution requested that the judge in charge of the Financial Crimes Department conduct an investigation to prove the suspects’ involvement in those crimes.
Police put 19 people of the total suspects in custody, while the rest have been placed under judicial control.
The suspects are prevented from leaving the country pending the end of the investigation.
