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Source: Arabia.net – Monia Ghanmi
On Wednesday, the Algerian Judicial Power sentenced a 12-year-old woman, who claimed to be the daughter of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on charges of forgery, identity theft, money laundering and influence exploitation, to achieve great wealth, in a stranger a case in which several senior officials of the old regime were also implicated.
And the woman called “Nashnashi Zulekha Shafiqa”, known in the media as “Madame Maya”, was able in recent years to amass a huge fortune by accusing high officials and businessmen of her influence, through a strange trick, after taking office. character of “daughter of Bouteflika” and will present documents to them. It turned out to be a fraud, and he also benefited from many perks, obtaining security escorts, luxury residence, and various projects and deals.
President Bouteflika, who resigned from his post since April 2019, after popular protests demanding his departure, did not marry and has no children, but “Madame Maya” managed to deceive many when he claimed that she was his daughter, before It was revealed in late 2018 when she was detained. Security forces huge sums of money and large amounts of gold belonging to “Madame Maya” in one of the villas of the state residence “Moretti”, which is the residence that includes the residences of high officials.
In July 2019, the security authorities detained the main defendant, “Madame Maya”, and her two daughters, in this case, while preparing to flee Algeria from abroad and in possession of falsified identity documents. She and her two daughters were tried in a first case involving passport forgery and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
After several sessions, the Cheraga court in Algiers ruled on Wednesday a 12-year prison sentence against the defendants and a fine of 600 million Algerian dinars, and the court decided to confiscate all movable and immovable property of she and her daughters, in addition to picking up their passports.
In the same case, the court sentenced the former director general of National Security, Hamel Abdel-Ghani, to 10 years in prison and a fine of one million Algerian dinars, while the governor and former minister Ghazi Mohamed was sentenced to 10 years of prison and a million dinars in fine, while Zaalan Abd was sentenced. The rich, governor, ex-minister and campaign manager of Bouteflika, with 10 years in prison and a million dinars fine.
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