In its edition of Saturday, May 23, Libération reports that two new suspects were apprehended at Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD) in Diass. This is the latest development in the case of the massive fraud involving 1.143 billion CFA francs at UBA-Senegal.

Arrested as they were about to board flights to Casablanca and Nantes, the two suspects were brought before the judge of the 4th financial chamber in charge of the investigation on Friday. Among them is AA Thiam, 54, sales director of the company Agt-E-motors, whom CCTV footage shows making withdrawals in Almadies on the night of the incident. The second suspect, described as a marketing agent, is at the center of a lead suggesting possible bank card cloning, according to the same source.

The newspaper specifies that these new arrests bring to six the total number of people arrested in connection with this case, marked by 3,421 fraudulent withdrawals made at ATMs in Dakar, Thiès and Kaolack on the night of January 30-31.

Before this major operation at the AIBD airport, the daily newspaper recounts, four other suspects had already been arrested as part of the investigation, most of them during attempted escapes. These include cabinetmaker A. Ndiaye, suspect B. Kane apprehended at the Karang border post, A. Thiam, a senior supervisor at the postal service and manager of the company "Easy Go Téranga," presented as one of the alleged masterminds of the operation, and businessman HT Diallo, arrested in Keur Ayib, whose company accounts were used for the fraudulent withdrawals, primarily in Thiès.