Morocco: Mohamed Hidaoui Detained Over 2022 World Cup Ticket Scam

Advertisements

Read Time:1 Minute, 10 Second

The President of a Moroccan football club was taken into custody on Wednesday in connection with a ticket scandal involving the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Mohamed Hidaoui, the president of Olympique Club de Safi, a first division team, is accused of “attempted fraud and selling tickets at too high a price”, a judicial source told AFP.
Hidaoui, a member of parliament for the National Rally of Independents (RNI), the party of prime minister Aziz Akhannouch, was remanded in custody by a public prosecutor in Casablanca.
A radio sports journalist is being prosecuted for the same offences, but has been released, the judicial source added.
The case caused quite a stir when — at the height of the Atlas Lions’ epic journey in Qatar — many fans who had travelled to Doha found themselves deprived of free tickets promised by the Moroccan Football Federation.
The tickets were sold on the black market at four or five times their face value, according to accounts gathered at the time by AFP
In the face of widespread indignation, the Moroccan authorities pledged to punish those responsible. The two suspects were questioned by the judicial police at the beginning of May as part of the investigation, SuperSport Reports.
The emotion caused by the scam was all the greater because Morocco had reached the semi-finals of the World Cup against France, a historic achievement for an African and Arab team.

About Post Author

PeopleActs News

The societies of the world would be still and motionless without the activities of humans{people} While the acts of some persons enhances positive developments of societies, others destroys humanity and the society. PeoplesActs News is an outstanding ground breaking NEWS website/Blog that encourages citizens to report ongoing activities of those in positions of authority and happenings in their environment. Using photos, text and videos, the Blog informs and prompts concerned citizens and activists all over the world, toact and formally denounce actions of those who uses their privileged positions to act in such a manner that destroys the fabrics of society. PeoplesActs News is published by GRUTOM Publications Company registered in Nigeria, with registration number LAZ. 072585

admin@peoplesacts.com

https://peoplesacts.com