Adel Dridi
Tunisian businessman and convicted criminal (died 2025)
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Adel Dridi (Arabic: عادل الدريدي; died 6 April 2025) was a Tunisian businessman.[1] He served as CEO of Yosr développement.[2] He was convicted of running a scam estimated at 100 million Tunisian dinars.[3]
Biography
On 29 April 2013, Dridi was temporarily released from prison amidst a judicial investigation opened at the request of the Central Bank of Tunisia.[2] On 21 June of that year, he disappeared,[4][5] leaving behind 50,000 customers who invested money in his Ponzi scheme to make a quick profit.[3] He reportedly reached Tabarka and attempted to cross the Algerian border with his victims' money.[6] However, he was arrested in Sousse on 22 June 2013.[7] On 12 August 2013, he was sentenced to 32 years in prison.[8]