Members of the Regional Battalion of the National Gendarmerie in Ibn Badis, under the Regional Group of the National Gendarmerie in Sidi Bel Abbes, have dismantled a network consisting of eight individuals involved in organizing trips abroad to fraudulently benefit from the travel exchange allowance.
According to a statement from the National Gendarmerie, the case began when an individual reported to the National Gendarmerie station in Sidi Dahou Zayer that they had been a victim of fraud by a person organizing trips abroad for the purpose of illicitly obtaining the exchange grant.
Based on this information and in coordination with the Public Prosecutor at the Ibn Badis Court, an in-depth preliminary investigation was launched into the circumstances of the case.
The investigation revealed a criminal group operating across the region that offered and organized tourist trips abroad, covering all procedures and travel expenses, including transportation and accommodation, in exchange for receiving the travel allowance valued at 750 euros.
The investigation team initially arrested five suspects, and as the investigation continued, three additional individuals were apprehended.
The operation resulted in the seizure of 3,915 euros, 927,000 Algerian dinars, five mobile phones, and two money-counting machines.
Upon completion of all legal procedures, the suspects will be presented before the Public Prosecutor at the Ibn Badis Court on charges of forming a criminal association to prepare for smuggling crimes that pose a serious threat to the national economy, violating legislation and regulations related to exchange and capital movements to and from abroad, and failing to repatriate funds.
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