Prominent Gambians, Others Caught in Scam

Business Tycoon, Lawyer, Banker Involved

Intelligence reports reaching this paper speak of high profile financial scam involving some key personalities in the country.  

According to our sources, some prominent Gambians and other nationals resident in the country have been involved in a number of unbecoming acts, such as issuing false cheques to their creditors. The suspects recently ran out of luck when their shady deals were lately unearthed by two local companies.

Our sources added that those caught in the hanky panky deal include one renowned business tycoon who owns a construction firm, a lawyer, a banker-turned-entrepreneur and one giant foreign investor who is into import trade.

This reporter, who was investigating the story, found a pile of false cheques being lavishly displayed at the corner of the main gate of a shopping mall.

Speaking to this paper, an insider at Kairaba Shopping Centre confirmed that they received lots of discreditable cheques from their clientele, citing the experience as grave. 

The visibly distraught Kairaba Shopping Centre staff raised alarm, complaining that issuing false cheques is now becoming a major concern. He posited that they could no longer accept such dubious act from anybody.  He added that in the event that the perpetrators fail to settle them in the shortest possible time, they would stop at nothing to expose them to public shame.

“Come and see the false cheques for yourself but please don’t publish the names because we’re giving them time up to Wednesday before exposing their names to the media,” he told our investigative reporter. 

This paper was also authoritatively informed that Commit Enterprise, an IT company located along Kairaba Avenue, was also hard hit by the perpetrators of the scam as they also received various false cheques amounting to D600,000.00 (Six hundred thousand dalasis).

“The practice of issuing false cheques is gaining ground in The Gambia and as far as we are concerned we would not tolerate such felony,” fumes the manager of Commit Enterprise.

According to him, they have already reported the matter to the Kairaba Police Station, adding that the police are now pursuing the matter.  “In fact they have helped us to receive part payment from one of the debtors who issued us with a false cheque,” he added.

The Commit top official vowed that as from today, Monday, they would publicize the names of culprits and possibly institute legal action against those trying to defraud his company if they fail to settle them. 

For more details on this story, interested people may read our subsequent editions as more facts are likely to be revealed.