Seven-year terms sought for three defendants in Guinea Ecobank case
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mosaiqueguinee
Guinea’s public prosecutor has requested seven years in prison and a fine of 50 million Guinean francs for lawyer Halimé Saad Chaloub and bailiffs Sory Daouda Camara and Mandjou Sangaré, who are being prosecuted in a case involving Ecobank Guinée. The prosecution sought convictions on several charges, including forgery and fraud in legal proceedings, according to submissions presented by special deputy prosecutor Pierre Segbé Kamano at the CRIEF.
Guinea’s public prosecutor has requested seven years in prison and a fine of 50 million Guinean francs for each of the three defendants in the case opposing Ecobank Guinée and a lawyer and two bailiffs. Special deputy prosecutor Pierre Segbé Kamano presented the requests on Monday 19 October before the Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offences (CRIEF), Mosaiqueguinee reports.
Lawyer Me Halimé Saad Chaloub and bailiffs Me Sory Daouda Camara and Mandjou Sangaré are charged with fraud in legal proceedings, forgery and use of forged public and authentic documents, usurpation of title and functions, and complicity, according to Mosaiqueguinee.
The case is part of the CRIEF proceedings involving bailiffs, which the court combined on 19 October. Ecobank Guinée had also claimed two million dollars from the CRIEF.
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