The Cotonou First Class Court of First Instance sentenced a bank employee to 12 months in prison on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The defendant was convicted of cheque-forgery.

On a check for 40,500 CFA francs, a bank employee subtly slips the number “1", and turns it into 140,500 CFA francs. Arrested and placed under a detention warrant, he was presented to the Cotonou First Class Court of First Instance on Tuesday, July 04, 2023. On the stand, the defendant, after hesitation, admitted the facts

The prosecution, in its requisitions, asks the court to find him guilty of the practice of forging checks, and to sentence him to 06 months in prison with suspended sentences, and to the payment of the symbolic franc.