Senegalese man in Dallas charged in US with fraud targeting $373 million
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Dakaractu
US prosecutors have charged Muhamed Dièye, a 35-year-old Senegalese based in Dallas, and thirteen other people with bank fraud and identity theft, according to a 39-page case file cited by Les Échos. An investigation file lists nearly 3,000 identities whose accounts hold more than $373 million in assets, for acts committed between July 2023 and November 2024.
US prosecutors have charged Muhamed Dièye, a 35-year-old Senegalese based in Dallas, and thirteen other people in an alleged case of bank fraud and identity theft, Dakaractu reports, citing Les Échos. The prosecution presents him as one of the main organisers of the operations, described in a thirty-nine-page file.
A file associated with the investigation gathers the personal and financial information of nearly 3,000 people, whose accounts hold more than $373 million in assets, according to Les Échos. This amount corresponds to the assets listed and not to a sum entirely stolen. The indictment mentions the alleged use of the identities of at least 75 people, whose accounts represented about $11 million. The acts examined took place mainly between July 2023 and November 2024, in several US states.
The prosecutor's office describes a division of tasks between gathering information, supplying false documents and carrying out financial transactions, and suspects the involvement of employees of banks and telecommunications companies. Muhamed Dièye was notably responsible for selecting targets and liaising with the other participants.
