Corruption: two former FAF presidents sentenced to eight years
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Algérie 360
Algerian justice sentenced Kheireddine Zetchi and Charaf-Eddine Amara to eight years in prison and a one-million-dinar fine in a corruption case involving the Algerian Football Federation. Djahid Zefizef received six years and the same fine, according to the Sidi M’hamed court’s verdict.
The Sidi M’hamed court in Algiers sentenced former presidents of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) Kheireddine Zetchi and Charaf-Eddine Amara on Tuesday 27 October to eight years in prison and a fine of one million dinars each, in a corruption case involving the federation, reports Algérie 360.
The third former president tried, Djahid Zefizef, received a six-year prison sentence and a fine of one million dinars. The sentences handed down against the three officials are lower than the 10-year terms sought by the prosecution. The Treasury’s judicial agent had assessed the loss at 90 billion centimes.
Two former FAF secretaries-general, identified in the proceedings as Mohamed S. and Mounir D., as well as former administration director Abdelghani N. and national team manager A. Amine, were sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of one million dinars. Several former executive committee members received the same sentence. For the other defendants, sentences ranged from two to five years in prison.
These convictions are part of a series of recent judicial decisions in Algeria. On 24 September, three-year prison sentences were handed down in the ALRIM public company case. On 5 October, nine death sentences were handed down in Algiers in a drug-trafficking case.
