“Ali Baba” in Algeria.. Scam and defrauded more than 4,000 victims, and the judiciary referred the perpetrator to investigation

The placement of the owner of the fictitious project, the penal institution, with the intention of subjecting him to detailed interrogation in the coming days, in a file classified among the “Sunnah” files, is that the arrested accused presented himself to his victims as a seller of electrical, household and electronic equipment and appliances, killing at least 4,100 victims of what More than 50 states, according to the data obtained by “Al-Shorouk” newspaper from the judicial authorities.

The placement of the owner of the fictitious project, the penal institution, with the intention of subjecting him to detailed interrogation in the coming days, in a file classified among the “Sunnah” files, is that the arrested accused presented himself to his victims as a seller of electrical, household and electronic equipment and appliances, killing at least 4,100 victims of what More than 50 states, according to the data obtained by “Al-Shorouk” newspaper from the judicial authorities.

The source said that “the competent prosecution in the Oran Court, referred the accused, who was on the run before his arrest by the security authorities in Oran, on Wednesday afternoon, to the attention of the investigating judge of the First Chamber, who confronted him with the charges against him before deciding to place him in temporary detention, with A second hearing is scheduled for March 16.

And the accused, who astounded everyone by presenting himself as a large importer of household electrical equipment, laptops and smart mobile phones from Cuba, linked commercial relations with hundreds of customers through social media platforms and a famous e-commerce site, promising everyone to provide fast services and attractive prices and discounts, in return for pre-payment of a percentage of The total costs of the required equipment.

The security research, which the Oran State Security and Financial Division worked on for more than six months, revealed that the accused, who was taking the Othmania neighborhood in Oran as a shop under the name “Ali Baba”, was offering temptations to his victims, based on a quick delivery of the required equipment in exchange for discounts. Attractive and give gifts to everyone who buys the most.

Investigations also revealed that he was asking his customers for financial advances in order to record the names of his victims in periodic orders, and everyone assumed that they were sent to Cuba, where the original supplier of these supplies is located.

The accused received billions in exchange for this fraudulent method, as this criminal activity brought him a financial fortune estimated in billions, according to what Al-Shorouk learned. In return, the victims will not get anything tangible since the accused’s involvement in the fraud and fraud activity.

According to the information, the phases of the case erupted in the wake of several complaints received from citizens in Oran, which included being exposed to a real scam, the hero of which was a person born in 1980 via “Facebook”, who had opened a shop in the Othmania neighborhood before closing it and keeping it hidden, and over time, dozens of Complaints are pouring in from victims from different states of Algeria, until they reach 4100 complaints for their owners who live in 50 states.

The source stated that the investigations proved that the accused began his activities in February 2021, taking advantage of the Corona pandemic, and that he had more than 50 accounts on social media to display Cuban goods.

Research also proved that the accused was developing his criminal methods by opening a shop here and closing another to avoid confronting his customers.