Rabat – A Moroccan court sentenced the former president of Moroccan football club Raja Casablanca to five years in prison on fraud charges on Tuesday, his lawyer said.
Mohamed Boudrika, a former lawmaker for the ruling National Rally of Independents, was found guilty of fraud, use of forged documents and “issuing cheques without sufficient funds”, lawyer Lotfi Youssef told AFP. He was also fined 500,000 dirhams (around $56,000).
Boudrika had been extradited from Germany earlier this year to stand trial. He had been held in custody in Hamburg since July 2024 after an international arrest warrant was issued by Moroccan authorities.
His predecessor at the helm of Raja Casablanca, Aziz El Badraoui, has been in custody since February last year awaiting trial on corruption charges.
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Source: AFP
