A court in Tangier sentenced Ahmed Zegaf, deputy president of the Mghogha district and a member of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), to seven years in prison on Friday over property-related offenses.
The criminal chamber of the Tangier Court of Appeal issued the first-instance verdict after a trial involving allegations of forged administrative certificates, falsified official documents and the use of canceled contracts to unlawfully acquire land.
The ruling came 15 months after Zegaf’s arrest, following investigations into more than 20 property-related cases involving alleged illegal land subdivision and encroachment on privately owned property.
One complaint concerned a buyer who discovered that a plot purchased from Zegaf had allegedly been sold to another person.
The case reportedly prompted further investigations into other property transactions linked to the local official.
Zegaf had previously received a three-year prison sentence in a separate case involving property irregularities.
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