The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Futurs Médias Group has taken legal action to clear his name. Youssou Ndour was surprised to learn that his photo and that of his sister, Aby Ndour, were being fraudulently used to defraud citizens of their honesty. The global singer has therefore contacted the head of the National Police's Special Cybersecurity Division. Seneweb provides the details.

"That he hereby files a complaint with you against an unnamed person (X) for the offenses of violation of personal rights with regard to the processing of personal data and fraud provided for and punishable by Articles 431-22 of Law No. 2008-11 relating to cybercrime and 379 of the Penal Code;

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The complainant had the unpleasant surprise of noticing on the FACEBOOK network that a company called SAFESERVICE and the telephone number: +221775.... were using its name to defraud honest citizens by promising them the possibility of obtaining financial support and assistance that could be repaid without interest;

To give a semblance of sincerity and credibility to their fraudulent enterprise, the photos of the complainant and his sister Aby Ndour were posted there with the words: "REFUNDABLE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR ALL", "REFUNDABLE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE INTEREST AVAILABLE FOR ALL" and this, in complete violation of his rights and of article 431-22 of law n° 2008-11 relating to cybercrime which clearly states:

"Anyone who collects personal data by fraudulent, unfair or illicit means shall be punished by imprisonment of one (1) year to seven (7) years and a fine of 500,000 francs to 10,000,000 francs or one of these two penalties only."

The company called SAFE SERVICE, which was certainly created for the needs of the criminal enterprise, uses photos of the complainant illicitly, unfairly and even fraudulently to give an appearance of sincerity to its maneuvers;

It is therefore indisputable that the offence of infringement of personal rights is constituted within the meaning of the aforementioned article 431-22;

Furthermore, the SAFE SERVICE group is illicitly, unfairly and fraudulently using the image of Mr. Youssou NDOUR and some members of his family to induce third parties to adhere to its alleged project of offering repayable financial assistance without interest;

Worse still, he is aided in his fraudulent maneuvers by some so-called Internet users who make positive comments with the sole aim of coaxing third parties and making them de facto adhere to the so-called financial assistance project.

As a result of the above, it is indisputable that the offence of fraud has been committed;

Article 379 of the Penal Code provides that:

"Whoever, by using any fraudulent maneuvers, has obtained or delivered, or has attempted to obtain or deliver, funds, movable property or bonds, provisions, notes, promises, receipts or discharges, and has, by one of these means, defrauded or attempted to defraud the whole or part of the wealth of another, shall be punished by imprisonment of at least one year and at most five years, and a fine of 100,000 to 1,000,000 francs";

Mr. Youssou NDOUR is thus forced, in view of the extremely serious nature of the facts and the extent of the resulting damage, to file a complaint with you, Mr. Commissioner of the Special Cybercrime Division, against an unnamed person (X) for the aforementioned offenses and requests that he or they be subjected to rigorous application of criminal law," wrote his defense in the complaint reviewed by Seneweb.