"Ali Baba" Algeria in prison.. scammed over 4,000 victims in online sales
An Algerian court issued an order to place the director of an electronic product marketing company named "Ali Baba" in temporary detention pending investigation in order to follow up on him in a serious fraud case of its kind.
The placement of the fictitious project owner in prison, with the intent of subjecting him to interrogation, is that the arrested accused presented himself to his victims as a seller of electrical and household electrical and electronic equipment and appliances. At least 4,100 victims from more than 50 states were killed, according to the Algerian newspaper "Echorouk".
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 advance payments 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, where he received millions in exchange for this fraudulent method.
According to the information, according to "Russia Today", the case erupted in the wake of several complaints received from citizens in Oran, including that they were exposed to a real monument, the hero of which was a person born in 1980 through "Facebook", who had opened a shop in the Othmania neighborhood before he closed it and disappeared from view. Over time, dozens of complaints began pouring in from victims from different states of Algeria, until they reached 4,100 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.
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