Benin: CRIET confirms Désiré Vodonou's sentence on appeal

Author: Armel TOGNONPublished on: June 10, 2026Country: Benin

Crime & Law

Benin: CRIET confirms Désiré Vodonou's sentence on appeal

The appeals chamber of the CRIET confirmed ten-year and twenty-year prison sentences for Désiré Vodonou and Wilfried Ayatodé in a bank card fraud case. Charges were reclassified and real estate and financial assets confiscated. The defendants must pay over 628 million CFA francs to Orabank Benin. Four other individuals were acquitted.

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