“Ali Baba” Algeria..a monument to more than 4,000 victims and the judiciary intervenes

An Algerian court has issued an order to place the director of an electronic products 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, in which the accused presented himself to his victims as a seller of electrical, household and electronic equipment and appliances, and he killed no less than According to the data obtained by Al-Shorouk newspaper from the judicial authorities, there were 4,100 victims from more than 50 states.

The source told the newspaper 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."

And the accused is accused of linking commercial relations with hundreds of customers through social media platforms and a famous e-commerce site, assuring everyone of providing quick services and attractive prices and discounts, in return for pre-payment of a percentage of the total costs of the required equipment.

Security investigations revealed that the accused, who used to take a shop in the Othmania neighborhood of Oran under the name "Ali Baba", was offering temptations to his victims, based on a quick delivery of the required equipment in return for attractive discounts and giving gifts to anyone who buys more.

Investigations also led to the fact that he was asking his customers for payments in order to record the names of his victims in periodic orders, everyone believed that they were sent to Cuba, where the original supplier of these supplies is located, and he received millions in exchange for this fraudulent method, as this criminal activity brought him a fortune Millions of money.

According to the information, the stages 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 through “Facebook”, who had launched a shop in the Othmania neighborhood before closing it and keeping it hidden, and with the passage of time dozens of Complaints amounted to 4,100 complaints to 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, and research also proved that the accused was developing his criminal methods by opening a shop here and closing another to avoid facing his customers. .

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