ALGIERS- The Court of Algiers adjourned, on Sunday, to March 27, the pronouncement of the verdict against the defendants prosecuted in the cases of the subsidiaries of the Condor group, property of the Benhamadi brothers.
The prosecution requested a 10-year prison sentence with a fine of 8 million DA against the accused Omar Benhamadi, as well as Abderrahmane and Smaïl Benhamadi, being the main owners of the various subsidiaries of the Benhamadi group.
The Attorney General also requested, against the 63 other defendants, sentences ranging from 2 to 6 years in prison accompanied by fines of 2 million DA for the majority of the defendants prosecuted for squandering of public funds, abuse of power and granting of undue advantages.
The prosecution also requested against the companies “Travocovia”, “GB Pharma” and “Altrapco”, the payment of a fine of 40 million DA, with confiscation of all the seized goods, lands and movable property as well as the freezing bank accounts.
The Economic and Financial Criminal Pole of the tribunal of Sidi M’hamed (Algiers) had pronounced, in December 2021, a sentence of five (05) years in prison, two (02) of which were suspended against Omar Benhamadi, accompanied by a fine of one (01) million Da, for “conclusion of illegal contracts and obtaining undue advantages”.
Abderrahmane Benhamadi was sentenced to four (04) years in prison, two (02) of which were suspended, together with a fine of one (01) million DA, while Smail Benhamadi was sentenced to two (02) years in prison, accompanied by one (1) million DA.
The companies “Travocovia”, “GB Pharma” and “Altrapco”, subsidiaries of the Condor group had each been sentenced to pay a fine of four (04) million DA and pay in solidum an amount of 10,000 Da to the Public Treasury.
