A financial scandal shakes the Société Générale Senegal Bank which was siphoned from within: 1.911 billion FCFA was embezzled.
Another case of embezzlement affects SGS, formerly SGBS. According to Libération, the bank’s internal audit department detected, during an audit, eight fraudulent transfers amounting to nearly 140 million FCFA over the period from February 26, 2024 to August 30, 2024.
→ ALSO READ: Things escalate between Cheikh Abdou Bara Doly and Astou Dione live: “You leave the set” (video)
Following other checks, the fraudulent transfers amounted to more than 413 million FCFA before the amount rose to 1.911 billion.
Internal control quickly discovered that all the fraudulent transfers were made by AD (52 years old), an expert, in the bank. In fact, the latter made the transfers to, at least, four accounts held in other banks.
→ ALSO READ: Legislative elections 2024: A minister already reveals the figures for Pastef’s victory
One belongs to his wife who lives in the USA and the other to the office of a lawyer friend where his brother works as an accountant. Faced with investigators, AD admitted the facts, but he persists that he only embezzled 413 million FCFA which he would have used to do social work and help religious communities.
→ ALSO READ: Health: The Collective of Doctors (COMES) announces a 72-hour strike, the State challenged
Related News :