Rabat – The Court of Appeal in Casablanca has postponed the trial of Mohamed Boudrika, the former president of Raja Casablanca football club, to October 1.
The session was delayed because Boudrika could not be transferred to court due to health problems. This is the second hearing in the case, following the first one on September 8, where his lawyers officially registered their defense.
Boudrika is appealing a ruling from the Ain Sebaa Court of First Instance, which sentenced him to five years in prison. He was also fined MAD 650,000 and banned from issuing checks from for one year.
He was found guilty of fraud, forgery, and issuing checks without sufficient funds. Throughout the trial, he denied all charges, claiming that the investigating judge had relied only on the complainant’s statements and had not presented hard evidence, according to reports.
During the final hearing before he was sentenced, Boudrika strongly defended himself and insisted there was no proof of wrongdoing aside from verbal allegations.
In July 2024, German authorities arrested Boudrika at Hamburg Airport based on a Europol notice and an international arrest warrant. He was later extradited to Morocco to face trial.
The former Raja head faced a one-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of MAD 232,500 in March 2024, following a case against him in absentia for issuing bad checks.
He has been held in pretrial detention at Oukacha prison in Casablanca since April 25, 2025.
The former MP and president of the Mers Sultan district has faced several legal troubles and accusations of fraud and financial misconduct. He was also removed from his elected position as district president after being absent from his duties for several months.
