Khaberni - The security services in Blida, Algeria succeeded in dismantling a criminal network consisting of eight people, including a sorceress, who were involved in stealing substantial amounts of money from a private company.
The Blida state police clarified in a statement that "the case began following a complaint by the company management after discovering a financial loophole exceeding 30 billion centimes, suspected to be a result of repeated embezzlement actions."
It added that "the initial investigations conducted by the judicial police services revealed an organized criminal scheme, in which an employee of the institution played a pivotal role, exploiting the trust granted to her to facilitate the transfer of considerable amounts of money in stages."
The investigations also indicated that "the network members used forgery methods in documents and accounting and administrative records, by manipulating data and preparing fictitious documents to give a legal appearance to the suspicious operations and hide the financial deficit."
In a related context, it was revealed that "the network members resorted to practices related to sorcery and magic, using spells and related objects, with the purpose of psychological influence and deceit over their criminal acts."
The operation of the crime combating squad resulted in "the arrest of 8 individuals, among them the concerned employee, recovery of part of the criminal proceeds, and seizure of a luxury car purchased with the stolen money, along with a collection of spells, forged documents, and objects related to sorcery practices."
The police confirmed that "after completing the investigation procedures, the suspects were presented before the public prosecutor at the competent court, where they were prosecuted for various misdemeanors in accordance with the penal code provisions."
* Every 1 Algerian Dinar = 100 centimes
** 1000 Dinars ≈ 7.7 US Dollars
*** 30 billion centimes ≈ 2.31 million US Dollars
