The Court for the Suppression of Economic Crimes and Terrorism (CRIET) handed down, yesterday Thursday, November 16, 2023, a sentence of 15 years in prison against a man convicted of fraud by organized gangs. CRIET found him guilty of defrauding two victims of several million CFA francs with artifices. The total defrauded amount would have exceeded ten million CFA francs. The convict, a man in his forties, had been in custody since August 9, 2023.
11 million for the first victim
In addition to the prison sentence, the special jurisdiction imposed on the defendant a fine of one million CFA francs. This, while condemning him to pay damages to the two victims. The total amount of damages amounts to 13 million CFA francs, including 11 million for the first victim and 2 million for the second. Note that this case comes more than a week after the trial of a man, by the CRIET, for blackmailing a minister’s sister.
According to press reports, he allegedly blackmailed the latter through an intimate video he had in his possession. The defendant allegedly pressured the young woman to quickly send the funds she claimed to a phone number. The victim, however, had contacted the Central Office for Cybercrime Suppression (OCRC), which traced the phone number.
For these facts of“Internet Scam” The alleged cybercriminal was arrested and prosecuted before the Court for the Suppression of Economic Crimes and Terrorism (CRIET). The public ministry asked for seven years in prison against the accused and asked the Court to reserve the interests of the civil party. The accused defended himself before the judges denying the facts of which he is accused.
