T. Senghor was sentenced to six months in prison by the Mbour High Court for transport fraud and obtaining benefits by fraudulently entering a computer system.

She had set up a well-oiled scheme involving borrowing money and obtaining the cell phones of several taxi drivers. She used simple fares to build a relationship of trust. Taking advantage of their gullibility, she would empty their accounts and disappear without paying the fare or repaying the loans.

The defense had argued for the woman to receive therapeutic treatment. The defendant appeared in court twice within two months.

In court, during the summary proceedings, several taxi drivers recounted having been victims of similar scams. Among them, Mr. Sarr explained that he had met the defendant a few days before the Tabaski festival. According to his testimony, she had initially borrowed 10,000 CFA francs from him, claiming she needed to give the money to an acquaintance. "I didn't think she could scam me," the plaintiff stated.

T. Senghor, a mother of two, recounts that during an outing, while they were in a hotel room, the taxi driver handed her his cell phone and asked her to pay for the night's stay. Taking advantage of the situation, the defendant says she checked the taxi driver's electronic account and found a large sum of money. She admitted to transferring 840,000 CFA francs to a friend. However, part of this sum, 350,000 CFA francs, was recovered during the preliminary investigation.

Another taxi driver, Mr. Fall, reported being the victim of a similar scheme. He was supposed to receive 4,000 CFA francs for a fare, but the defendant allegedly borrowed his phone and then siphoned 8,000 CFA francs off it.

His colleague A. Sène also gave damning testimony. He claims that T. Senghor rented his home from him after Tabaski. She allegedly borrowed 7,000 CFA francs from him and then used his phone to call an acquaintance. After several calls, she reportedly borrowed another 1,000 CFA francs before going to a shop to buy a bottle of milk and cigarettes.

According to A. Sène, the defendant then asked him for his phone again, which was already unlocked. Shortly after, he noticed that 74,000 CFA francs were missing from his Wave account. When he demanded the money back, T. Senghor allegedly asked him to accompany her to the Poulailler neighborhood, where she claimed she could retrieve funds to reimburse him. Once there, she entered a house and never came out. Sène claims he tried to find her before being confronted by two men, one of whom brandished a machete to dissuade him.

During the investigation, the defendant had denied knowing the various complainants. In court, she changed her story, claiming that they had approached and courted her. "If they had just been running errands, none of this would have happened. They spent their time hitting on me," she argued.

The public prosecutor didn't hesitate to reprimand the taxi drivers for their recklessness, questioning why they had entrusted their phones to someone they barely knew. Addressing the defendant, the prosecutor asserted that she was deliberately targeting her victims. "They didn't target you. You're the one targeting them," he declared, before urging her to stop using crack cocaine, suggesting that the recipient of the money transfers might be her drug supplier.

Sentenced to six months in prison, she will also have to pay the civil parties the sums of 640,000 CFA francs and 163,000 CFA francs.