Blanchiment de plus d'un milliard FCFA à la BOA : l'ex-responsable des opérations et ses 16 complices, les dessous d'un « séisme financier »
According to revelations by L'Observateur, a veritable "judicial earthquake" is currently shaking the Senegalese banking sector. The Colobane Research Section (SR) has just dismantled an unprecedented international money laundering network. At the heart of this case is T. Samb (45 years old), former head of international operations at Bank of Africa (BOA), now in the custody of the Financial Judicial Pool (PJF).
A mechanism of "formidable efficiency"
Taking advantage of his strategic position and his "intimate knowledge of banking operations," T. Samb is accused of orchestrating a sophisticated scheme. According to the same source, the banker is anything but "an ordinary criminal": he used his authority to encourage people without BOA accounts to open them, promising them "legitimate transactions and lucrative commissions."
Massive transfers from abroad, totaling 1.067 billion CFA francs, were injected into these accounts. To deceive the scrutiny of the control services, the network produced "fictitious justifications" such as construction work never carried out or non-existent vehicle purchases, giving the flows an "appearance of legality".
A motley "gallery of faces"
The investigation has revealed a striking diversity of accomplices. Sixteen people have been remanded in custody alongside the alleged mastermind. The newspaper of the Groupe Futurs Médias (GFM) describes a veritable "gallery of faces": a civil administrator, a tax specialist from NMA Sanders, a veterinarian, as well as several "actors, comedians, and directors." Even more surprising, the network included individuals with modest backgrounds, such as a seamstress, a mechanic, and even a "59-year-old ice cream vendor."
The funds were then withdrawn and "redistributed or concealed" between Dakar, Rufisque, Tivaouane, and Keur Massar. When questioned by investigators, all admitted to receiving transfers initiated by T. Samb or his alleged accomplice, NM Ndiaye.
The chilling findings of the PJF
Brought before the judge of the 5th Investigating Chamber of the PJF (French Judicial Police), the accused are being prosecuted for fraudulent data intrusion, money laundering, complicity in fraud, and receiving stolen goods. This case now raises a "chilling" question, as the Gfm headline asks: how could an executive of this rank have, for so long, "misused the system without arousing the attention" of his own bank?
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