The statement of a defendant in the case known as the "bloggers abroad" file included details of repeated money transfers he received from his brother through the accounts of people and traders at the Moroccan Market, whom he said he used to pass the money through.
He told investigators that he took charge of receiving the transfers and disposing of them according to his brother's instructions, explaining that the money was used to fund construction work, buy livestock and send sums to other people, and that he had no tally of the amounts he received because the transfers were made almost daily.
He added that his brother avoided sending money directly to family members' accounts, preferring to use the accounts of acquaintances and traders. He also said his brother owns 28 head of cattle and several properties, including houses in Tevragh Zeina and El Vellouja, and a house in a village in the Moudjeria department which he said cost 15 million old ouguiyas to build.
The statement also referred to his brother's use of the documents and identity of another of their brothers, who has died, and to limited transfers received through the account of a third brother.
In testimony linked to these transfers, a trader denied knowing that his account was being used to receive money for the defendant, explaining that the defendant would contact him to ask about sums arriving in his account and ask him to send them on.
The investigation pole for terrorism cases had decided to jail this defendant along with six others, place the remaining defendants under judicial supervision and issue arrest warrants for seven people. The names of those concerned are given in the Arabic version of this article.
