Nigerien Yinka Aderibigbe and his wife are under investigation for money laundering. The Financial Crime Commission (FCC) has obtained an order to seize their bank accounts.

Arrested on 8 January last year, the Nigerian, Yinka Aderibigbe is accused of having defrauded several Mauritian and foreign citizens, for a total amount of several million rupees. Investigators have already identified a transfer of around Rs 8 million made from his account to that of his wife. On 27 January, he was released cautiously after a hearing at the Mapou court. He had to provide two guarantees of Rs 250,000 each as well as an acknowledgement of debt of Rs 5 million. He was also forced to hand over a mobile phone to the police in order to activate the GPS system or install a tracking application.