On several occasions, APOCE has warned against fictitious pages, on social networks, which hide behind online businesses. Indeed, many people have been scammed by these fictitious pages, which offer their services in different areas.
In the same vein, the Criminal Court of Dar EL Beidha recently dealt with the case of 6 people, accused of fraud and non-compliance with the regulations governing the transfer of capital from and to Algeria.
According to the Arabic-language daily Echorouk, these accusations concern 6 people. Including, a travel agency owner, a university student and a steward of the national airline.
Sale of false visa appointments: a network dismantled in Algiers
The elements of the police succeeded in discovering the activity of its people following a complaint made by one of the victims of this network. The victim, after having met the owner of the agency in question through an announcement on social networks, requested the reservation of a visa appointment to Canada, in return for the sum of 50,000 Algerian dinars . However, according to the words of this victim, this offer turned out to be false.
In addition, following the investigation launched by the elements of the police, other victims were discovered. And, the suspects were arrested. According to Echorouk, the owner of this travel agency uses a student and a steward to obtain plane tickets and visa appointments to sell them on the black market at exorbitant prices.
At a final hearing scheduled for Monday, the other two defendants denied the charges and said their role was limited to providing the agency’s clients with travel tickets. For his part, the public prosecutor asked for five years in prison against these defendants, with the obligation to pay a fine in accordance with the law.
