L’homme d’affaires Tahirou Sarr, placed under a deposit mandate in the context of the case of the 125 billion CFA francs, is charged. He lodged a new application for a declaration of enforceability with the representative of the State before the courts. Assets estimated at 419 billion CFA francs have been deposited to obtain a provisional freedom, according to our confrères de Pressafrik. This time, as L’Observateur reported in its Thursday edition, Tahirou Sarr did not lodge his caution before the College of Investigating Judges, but rather cautioned before the Agence Judiciaire de l’Etat (AJE). In the context of the proceedings in which he is being prosecuted for ‘association of miscreants, fraud against the public and money laundering involving F Cfa 25 billion’, Mr Sarr has remitted to the Aje a cheque for F Cfa 11 billion, issued by the Banque Atlantique, as well as two immovables whose value is estimated at approximately F Cfa 14 billion. However, according to the sources of the newspaper, part of these assets has been seized by the State. In the second proceeding in which he is prosecuted for “association of criminals, complicity in fraud against public funds and money laundering involving 91 billion CFA francs” and in which the deputy mayor of Agnam has been cited, Tahirou Sarr has deposited on the table of the Age a land title estimated at 394 billion CFA francs. The latter had mortgaged it to guarantee a bank loan, but for lack of repayment, the bank ended up seizing it and selling it at auction. In his appearance before the College of Judges, Mr Sarr had pointed out that he had been in the business world for several years and that all the assets acquired by his Sofico company had been legally acquired.
Affaire des 125 milliards: Tahirou Sarr deposits a new caution of 419 milliards of francs CFA before the French Council
