Police Commissioner arrested over 176m FCFA fraud

A senior Cameroon police commissioner Yves-Marie Ngongang has been arrested and remanded for alleged embezzlement of public funds.

Commissioner Ngongang has been accused of embezzling 176 million F CFA while serving as the head of the identification unit at the Immigration Center in Yaoundé.

Authorities auditing the finances of the identification unit between 2010-2013 discovered that there were several receipts issued by the former police boss Mr Ngongang for National Identification Cards and Passports that were falsified and also, revenue collected were not deposited into state coffers.

According to our source, the case came up at the Yaoundé high court last week, but several of the witnesses were absent and thus the case has been adjourned to March 17, 2015.