Sékongo Tannignigui, Deputy Director of The Fight against Fraud has lifted a corner of the veil on the situation of fraud suffered  by the Ivorian Electricity Company (CIE). In Côte d'Ivoire, 3,736 electricity fraudsters who paid their fraud bill were acquitted, while 107 others were referred over the period from January to July 2021, a total of 3,843 fraudsters.

According to Sékongo Tannignigui, for the electricity fraud, from January to the end of July 2021, in Côte d'Ivoire 3,843 fraudsters were arrested. " In Abidjan, we are at 2,266 fraudsters and the interior of the country, 1,577 fraudsters. There are factories that are also involved in fraud. Regarding arrests, the rate in peri-urban neighborhoods is slightly higher than in structured neighborhoods. On the other hand, the consumption of fraud that is made in structured neighborhoods is high , "he said. Fraud affects all social strata. Throughout 2020, there were 5,141 fraudsters who had been arrested in Abidjan and inside the country. There are three major groups of fraudsters, the illicit electricity dealers who connect to the electricity grid and distribute electricity ; receivers and clients of the CIE. From 1 January to 31 July 2021, 107 persons were referred, including three CIE agents, 28 CIE customers, 07 resellers, 45 receivers and 24 other persons. During the year 2020, 103 individuals were referred, of whom 97 were convicted. These packages involved 1 CIE agent, 11 CIE customers, 11 resellers, 68 receivers and six other people.