ALGIERS- The Court of Algiers handed down, on Sunday, a range of sentences against the defendants prosecuted in the cases of the subsidiaries of the “Condor” group, property of the Benhamadi brothers.
The Court of Algiers sentenced Omar Benhamadi to five (5) years in prison, including two (2) years and six (6) months suspended, and the two other defendants Abderrahmane and Smail Benhamadi to two (2) years suspended.
A suspended sentence of one (1) year was pronounced against the two defendants Benziane Abdelouahab (ex-inspector of State Domains in Tipaza) and Bouallag Kamel, former director of State Domains of the wilaya of Tipaza. The other defendants prosecuted in this case were acquitted.
The Court of Algiers adjourned, last Sunday, the pronouncement of the verdict against the defendants prosecuted in the cases of the subsidiaries of the Condor group.
The prosecution, for its part, had requested a 10-year prison sentence accompanied by a fine of 8 million DA against the defendants Omar Benhamadi, Abderrahmane and Smaïl Benhamadi, being the main owners of the various subsidiaries of the 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.
