Escroquerie à 338 millions F CFA : rebondissement dans l’affaire du business de médicaments à base de plantes, le cerveau perd la mémoire
L. Diop, nicknamed "Lamine Tankon," was taken from prison and brought before the prosecutor. He was remanded in custody by the judge of the third chamber of the Financial Judicial Pool (PJF) as part of the investigation into alleged export contracts for herbal medicines grown in Africa.
Considered the mastermind of this fraud case, the damage of which is estimated at 338 million CFA francs, Diop is already the subject of about twenty complaints at the level of the Special Cybersecurity Division (DSC).
Libération reports in its Monday edition that the accused was temporarily removed from his cell in Rebeuss prison to appear before the prosecutor and answer charges of organized fraud, digital identity theft, forgery and use of forged documents, money laundering, and/or complicity. He is reportedly linked to two new complaints against persons unknown related to the same case, filed by S. Domingo and R. Faye for a fraud estimated at 3.4 million CFA francs.
"The DSC's investigations have revealed that the alleged perpetrator is L. Diop," reports Libération. "Indeed, the funds sent by the victims were deposited into a Wave account linked to the national identity card of A. Bousso, which was found in L. Diop's possession during the search carried out at the time by the DSC at his home."
But when questioned by the prosecutor, the accused "claimed to no longer remember these events."
The approximately twenty complaints related to this case were filed between 2022 and 2025. According to Libération, the complainants stated that they had been contacted via WhatsApp, using numbers from foreign countries, and/or by email by individuals presenting themselves as partners of French or British companies. These companies offered them the opportunity to export seeds and plant sap from Mali, intended for the manufacture of medications to treat cancer, AIDS, and diabetes, among other things.
The victims were then put in contact with supposed local representatives of their phantom partners. "Thus," reports Libération, "several money transfers were made by the victims at the request of their contacts via money transfer networks such as Orange Money, Wave, Western Union, Ria… to targeted accounts. The provisional loss was estimated at 338 million CFA francs."
The DSC investigation led to the arrest of L. Diop at his home in Tankon, in the Sédhiou region. The operation was carried out with the support of the Multipurpose Intervention Brigade (BIP), according to Libération.
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