Security Services Foil An Attempt To Withdraw Billions Of Dinars From Sonatrach Account

Algiers Bir Mourad Rais court decided, on Thursday to sentence to five years in jail for Khamisni, on charges of forgery of official documents and an attempt to seize public funds, after being involved in a 14 billion centime check, which belongs to Sonatrach, with an arrest warrant against his partners for the same charge.

The case is dating back to 2011, the date of the loss of Sonatrach three checks, which made the company’s officials fill a complaint to the security services to prevent the disbursement of these checks.
The accused, according to the proceedings, and after about 6 years, went to the Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development, to withdraw the amount of 14 billion centimes, but the bank contacted Sonatrach to inquire, as it has a missing check, before he was arrested and sent to trial, and placed in of Algiers El Harrache punitive institution.
He said that the check was given to him by another person, who assured him that he owned a spare parts company that is contracted with Sonatrach, and that he would help him in his agricultural project in the state of Messila, if he was able to withdraw the money, which made him sign the check in his name, thinking that this person is the owner of the company.