The 21-year-old Frenchman, suspected in a cybercrime case, would risk 116 years in prison if he were extradited to the United States, believes his lawyer.
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The Court of Cassation of Morocco pronounced a “favorable opinion” to the extradition to the United States of Frenchman Sébastien Raoult, according to an official document consulted Monday August 8 by franceinfo, confirming comments from AFP. IIncarcerated since June 2 near Rabat, this Frenchman is suspected of cybercrime with companies, some of which are American. He is liable to a 116-year prison sentence in the United States if convicted, said his lawyer, Philippe Ohayon.
To justify its decision rendered on Wednesday July 20, the Court of Cassation of Morocco explains that the request for extradition was presented by the United States “within the period provided for by law”. She also specifies that the “crimes” for which it is claimed by the Americans “have their equivalents in the Moroccan Penal Code”. “The extradition request fulfills all the conditions required by law”, affirms the decision.
At the announcement of this news, the defense of the 21-year-old Frenchman, from Epinal (Vosges), recalls his “determination to obtain extradition” of his client “in France”argued his lawyer Philippe Ohayon at AFP.
The suspect’s father sent an open letter to President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, to help him, before addressing another letter to Eric Dupond-Moretti, Minister of Justice, letter published on his Facebook account on Saturday. He asks the Keeper of the Seals that an investigation by the General Inspectorate of Judicial Services be opened.
“We believe that Sébastien Raoult was not simply abandoned by France, he was sacrificed”, slice avocado. The same day as the arrest of Sébastien Raoult in Morocco, “the Franco-American police operation of May 31” allowed to arrest in France “five other people in this case”he points out.