The named Mouhamed Houda Mbengue was the first to be arrested in Mbour, following a check for 1,900,000 that he was trying to cash in the bank. He balanced the others, namely Mouhamed Moustapha Diakhoumpa, Brou Jean-Marc Habib Anin, Ababacar Sadikh Seck, Amadou Diagne and two minors AYK and AD
The last two named have already been tried in the juvenile court, but have appeared at the trials of their friends as witnesses. The five defendants were responsible for criminal association charges, attempted fraud, forgery and use of forgery in private writings, attempted use of stolen check, attempted use of bank card obtained fraudulently, against all, and the possession of Indian hemp for use, attributed to A. Sadikh Seck.
At the helm, the latest nominee claimed he had two checks handed to him by a certain K. Ba he met via Facebook. He allegedly offered to work together to make money easily and that he had even come to Thiès to give them to him.
“He confessed to me that he took those checks from his father and all I had to do was cash them in the bank. That day, I was in a cell phone store and I ran into Mr. H. Mbengue. He offered to put me in touch with someone, ” he explained.
This someone was in fact Brou JMH Anin who was to help him cash the checks. The latter confessed to his trip to Thiès to collect the said checks, but was transferred before cashing them.
As for the girls, AYK testified to having stolen two checks from her mother and given them to her boyfriend Amadou Diagne to have a party on August 15.
But added that they recanted and tore up the checks for fear of being caught. While his girlfriend AD maintains that AYK gave him two checks as well as his mother’s ID. She attests to having given them in turn to Mr. H. Mbengue who convinced her to have a friend who would help her with withdrawals.
Statements that Mr. H. Mbengue partially recognized, since he attested to the fraudulent origin of the checks.
The prosecution required 2 years including 3 months firm against all defendants. Where Me Abdoulaye Tall, who defended the interests of Mr. H. Mbengue, asked the court to rule out the criminal association, and pleaded for leniency.
Master Tall pleaded that society would not benefit from these young people going to jail. His colleague Me Fadel Diack, who defends AS Seck, regretted the physical tests of the BFEM that his client missed. Master Jacques Faye highlighted the good grades of his client BJMH Anin and Me Abdy Nar Ndiaye maintained that the attempted fraud is not established against A. Diagne, since the check was not presented to the bank.
In the end, the court exempted the latter from his sentence for the offense of possession of Indian hemp. He was acquitted of the offense of criminal association and disqualified the other acts of which he was accused in complicity. He was sentenced to a 2-year suspended sentence, along with his four co-defendants recognized as main perpetrators.
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