Morocco: Trial of banker who fled with his clients’ money

The trial of Daniel Ziouziou, regional director of the Moroccan Union of Banks (UMB) in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, implicated in a case of embezzlement within the bank, should soon open.

Incarcerated in the local prison of Témara since May 2024, Daniel Ziouziou, regional director of the Moroccan Union of Banks (UMB) of Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma, is being prosecuted for “forming a network for the embezzlement of public funds, undermining automated electronic data processing systems and falsifying banking documents for the purpose of embezzlement”. According to a source close to the case, his last hearing as part of the detailed questioning before the investigating judge of the fifth chamber in charge of financial crimes at the Rabat Court of Appeal took place last Monday, reports H24info. The director of the UMB agency in Tetouan, Mourad Habsaya, also involved in the case, was also questioned. The magistrate will have to hear the witnesses and the victims, before proceeding to a confrontation between the parties in the case. After which, Ziouziou’s trial should be scheduled.