The investigation into the embezzlement of 1.2 billion FCFA from “Sénégalaise de l’Automobile” risks doing a lot of damage. According to the newspaper Liberationa complaint filed by the general management of this company led the financial prosecutor’s office to open an in-depth investigation into this financial scandal.
According to the revelations of Liberationthe Criminal Investigations Division (Dic), in charge of the case, has already made a first arrest, suggesting multiple ramifications. The first person arrested was Cheikh Ahmadou El Khadim Dieng, aged 42, who until then held the position of assistant to the transit manager of “Sénégalaise de l’Automobile”.
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According to investigations relayed by LiberationCheikh Ahmadou El Khadim Dieng was responsible for depositing the checks for payment of customs fees at the Perception-Dakar-Port, in exchange for the necessary receipts. However, the dealer discovered with amazement, via an inquiry from the Receiver General of the Treasury, arrears in payment of customs fees for the year 2023.
Despite his protests of innocence, Cheikh Ahmadou El Khadim Dieng was not able to present the receipts in question. Liberation also reports that he cited a “sudden illness” to justify his inability to respond to the accusations. The revelations don’t stop there. Always according to Liberationby examining the accounts for the year 2024, the management of “Sénégalaise de l’Automobile” revealed other similar financial embezzlements. If Cheikh Ahmadou El Khadim Dieng is the first to fall, several clues point to possible internal and external complicity.
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-Cheikh Ahmadou El Khadim Dieng denied the embezzlements, but Liberation indicates that he recognized that his second wife had discreetly approached the Treasury under a false identity to try to negotiate a moratorium in favor of the “Sénégalaise de l’Automobile”. He also allegedly admitted that he sometimes received checks in the form of “credits”, which he deposited at Perception-Dakar-Port.
Dic investigators also discovered that Cheikh Ahmadou El Khadim Dieng had created a company called “Logis Transit”, with offices located at the “4C” shopping center. During a search, Treasury receipts dating from 2020 were found in a suitcase on site. Faced with questions from investigators, Cheikh Ahmadou El Khadim Dieng chose to remain silent, according to information collected by Liberation.
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The financial prosecutor’s office plans, again according to Liberationto ask the College of Investigating Judges to extend the investigations into acts of breach of trust and money laundering.
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