A former parliamentarian has had his sentence increased to 12 years in prison by the Casablanca Court of Appeal for a case of real estate theft and money laundering.

The former parliamentarian had committed serious violations of foreign exchange regulations by using shell companies, laundering money and trading in currencies. Indeed, the criminal chamber responsible for financial crimes at the Casablanca Court of Appeal has worsened the conviction at first instance of the former parliamentarian for the Ain Chock constituency, mastermind of a network specialized in falsification and land plunder in Casablanca. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison.