According to Libération, the case was taken to court after the discovery of a forged receipt used in a public market. Faced with the gravity of the facts, the Agence judiciaire de l’État filed a complaint, resulting in the opening of an investigation and several arrests, informe nos confrères. It all started with a tax rebate granted by Aee Power Sénégal in the framework of a contract with the Senegalese Agency for Rural Electrification (Aser). This document, bearing the number 5699889 and dated 16 February 2024, attests the payment of 918.339. However, after verification, it turned out that this receipt was a forgery. It was Jean-Michel Sène, director general of Aser, who sounded the alarm and publicly denounced the forgery. In parallel, Aee Power Spain, in conflict with its Senegalese subsidiary after the dissolution of their partnership, also seized the authorities… an in-depth investigation which revealed other frauds. The alert led the Senegalese tax authorities to launch an investigation, under the supervision of the Internal Control Directorate of the Directorate-General of Taxes and Domains (Dgid). Very quickly, the investigations confirmed that the receipt in question had never been registered in the official databases.
A new financial scandal has just emerged, involving the company Aee Power Sénégal in an affair of false tax documents.
