The former president of the JSK, Cherif Mellal, is at the heart of a major corruption case. Placed under warrant of committal, he is the subject of several charges. The elements of the investigation reveal staggering figures.
Accused of money laundering and illicit transfer of funds abroad, Cherif Mellal was brought before the investigating judge near the Sidi M’hamed court on January 19. The latter, after hearing the accused, decided to put him under a warrant of committal. The former president of JS Kabylie has been in Koléa prison for a month.
The controversial former president of the Kabyle club faces other serious charges of criminal association, money laundering and violation of laws and regulations relating to trade and the movement of capital abroad.
Mellal is not the only defendant in this corruption case. Indeed, it is also his brother Ghiles. Since their arrest, the Algerian justice has taken all the necessary steps to investigate this case. The least we can say is that the elements of the investigation reveal staggering figures.
What is the sum diverted by Mellal abroad?
Cherif Mellal is accused of illicit transfer of funds abroad in Euro and US Dollar. And this, in complicity with his brother Ghiles, who is fleeing Algerian justice. According to our colleagues from Ennahar, it is a sum of 300,000 Euros, transferred from Algeria to Luxembourg, on October 26, 2020, as part of the import of cars, via the two companies “Lux Car Leasing” and “LH Consulting”, owned by the two brothers. All that in 1129 operations.
This is not all since the elements of the investigation reveal an illicit transfer of another colossal sum of money. Indeed, it is 275,000 US Dollars transferred from the bank account of the sports joint stock company (SSPA) of the JSK to the two American accounts “Chase Bank” and “JP Morgan”. And this, via the local development bank (BDL), adds the same source.
In this case, several people are involved. In addition to the Mellal brothers, they are also H. El-Ayadi, currently on the run, and “CH.CH”, a native of Tizi-Ouzou.
There are also four legal persons. “Torento Automobil SARL”, whose head office is in the wilaya of Chlef, “Lux Car Leasing”, “IH Consulting” and “Gemo”. Companies that belong to the Mellal brothers and whose head office is in the state of Luxembourg.
