A Moroccan court has sentenced Mohamed Boudrika, the former president of Raja Casablanca football club, to five years in prison on charges of fraud, his lawyer confirmed on Tuesday.
Boudrika, who also served as a lawmaker for Morocco’s ruling National Rally of Independents party, was found guilty of fraud, using forged documents, and issuing cheques without sufficient funds.
In addition to his prison term, he was fined 500,000 dirhams approximately 56,000, said his lawyer Lotfi Youssef.
Earlier this year, Boudrika was extradited from Germany to Morocco to face trial.
He had been held in custody in Hamburg since July 2024 following an international arrest warrant issued by Moroccan authorities.
His predecessor as Raja Casablanca’s president, Aziz El Badraoui, has been detained since February last year and is awaiting trial on separate corruption charges.
—theafrica.co.za