1,143 milliard FCFA volés à UBA : dix pays touchés, pirates repérés au Sénégal..., graves révélations sur le «casse du siècle»
A massive bank fraud targeting UBA has proven far more extensive than initially thought, with Senegal being merely "the tip of the iceberg," reveals Libération. The newspaper reports that on the night of January 30-31, 1.143 billion CFA francs were fraudulently withdrawn from the accounts of 91 customers in Senegal through 3,421 ATM transactions in Dakar, Thiès, and Kaolack. The Parcelles Assainies branch recorded the largest losses with 314.943 million CFA francs, followed by the Bourguiba branch with 191.276 million CFA francs, the same source specifies.
According to the daily newspaper, the bank was the victim of a "mafia operation carried out simultaneously in 10 countries" across Africa. While the hackers operated from Senegal, identical withdrawals targeted UBA accounts in Liberia, Guinea-Conakry, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Togo, Mali, Kenya, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This deployment "attests to a coordinated and coldly executed cross-border operation," especially since the foreign perpetrators involved in Senegal left the country immediately after the heist.
In Senegal, the investigation led by the Criminal Investigation Division (DIC) has already resulted in four arrests. Following the referral of two Senegalese suspects—apprehended while attempting to leave the country—to the financial prosecutor's office, Libération reports two further arrests. A. Thiam, a senior supervisor at the postal service and manager of the company "Easy go Téranga," was "picked up by the DIC upon his return to Senegal," as his cards had been used for the fraudulent withdrawals. A suspected accomplice was also apprehended by investigators.
This is not the first time the institution has been targeted. Back in October 2025, UBA Senegal suffered a "similar operation," resulting in the withdrawal of 250 million from the accounts of nine clients using the same method, the newspaper recalls.
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