We know the identity of the person arrested as part of the investigation into the embezzlement of 1.2 billion CFA francs from Sénégalaise de l’Automobile. This is K. Dieng, assistant to the Transit manager of the vehicle dealership. According to Libération, which made the revelation in its edition of this Monday, January 6, after having publicized this affair in a previous publication, the suspect was arrested at Blaise Diagne International Airport (Aibd) while he was trying to leave the national territory. K. Dieng was responsible for paying, on behalf of Sénégalaise de l’Automobile, the costs related to customs clearance of imported vehicles at the Dakar-Port Perception level. Against each payment, the concessionaire received a receipt attesting to the effectiveness of the operation concerned. He “was taken aback when the Receiver General of the Treasury questioned him about arrears in payment of customs fees for the year 2023,” reports Libération. The newspaper reports that the Sénégalaise de l’Automobile first contested the claim of the receiver of the Treasury, before realizing that she was wrong since K. Dieng, who suddenly took sick leave, was never able to present the receipts materializing the payments due. Digging into the management of 2024, says the same source, the dealer comes across other irregularities still related to the payment of customs clearance fees. Considering “several clues, Libération understands that K. Dieng benefited from “internal and external complicity”. The accused denies the facts with which he is accused. Even if, underlines Libération, he “recognized that his second wife had discreetly gone to the Treasury, hiding her identity, to ‘negotiate’ a moratorium for the Sénégalaise de l’Automobile.” Worse for the suspect, adds the newspaper, the Dic discovered that he had set up a company called “Logis transit” whose headquarters is established at the 4C shopping center and that on site Treasury receipts dating from 2020 were found by the investigators. “Questioned about these documents, Dieng asserted his right to remain silent,” relays Libération. The news daily announces that the accused, who was the subject of a return from the prosecutor’s office, will be determined on his fate this Monday, and that the financial prosecutor’s office will request the extension of the investigations for breach of trust and money laundering of capital.
