Tribunal de grande instance hors classe de Dakar — verdict falsification notes FLSH
A verdict has been reached in the grade tampering case within the Modern Literature Department at the University of Dakar's Faculty of Arts and Humanities. The perpetrator, Doudou Faye, was sentenced to 2 years in prison without parole and fined one million CFA francs by the Dakar High Court during a criminal hearing on April 9, 2026. He was found guilty of multiple charges, including corruption and fraudulent access and tampering with a computer system leading to data alteration.
Student Victor Mathieu Moundor Diouf was found guilty of complicity in the same acts and sentenced to one year in prison without parole and fined 500,000 CFA francs. The court additionally imposed the maximum period of civil imprisonment for debt recovery.
The scandal first erupted in March 2025. Doudou Faye, a database management staff member, was changing students' grades in exchange for money or sexual favors. Upon being informed, the then-Dean Alioune Badara Kandji, now the Rector of the University of Dakar, not only referred the matter to the university's disciplinary council but also filed a complaint with the cybersecurity division.
At that time, student Victor Mathieu Moundor Diouf was on an Erasmus+ exchange program in Germany. When we received information about his involvement, we contacted the host university in that country to request they terminate the partnership and send him back, former Dean Kandji explained in a phone interview with Le Soleil. According to Libération, the student was apprehended at Blaise Diagne International Airport upon his return on March 4, 2025, and placed in pre-trial detention. An international arrest warrant had been issued for the mastermind of the scheme, Doudou Faye, who had fled. He was also eventually arrested.
This verdict serves as a warning to anyone tempted by similar practices, particularly within universities. Last December, Seneweb exposed a separate grade falsification scandal involving second-year electrical engineering students at the Polytechnic School (ESP).
Perhaps this 2-year prison sentence will serve as a sufficient deterrent to bring those involved, or those considering such actions, to their senses.
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