François Ngoubene CMR Embassy treasurer fired over money laundering scandals

François Ngoubene, Treasurer of the Cameroon Embassy in the United States of America, about whom the Journal reported exclusively early this year that he was into money laundering for the embassy has been relieved of his functions. A presidential decree yesterday replaced Ngoubene with Henri Mbaga Balla.

Prior to his dismissal, Ngoubene was accused of heading a mafia network that specialised in money laundering involving high placed senior Cameroon administrators. He was also recently accused of having embezzled fabulous sums of public funds and is currently alleged to have gone underground after the US government stepped in the alleged corruption deals rocking the Cameroonian embassy.

The money-laundering scandal that led to the shutdown by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, of bank accounts in New York and one in Washington DC, as reported earlier by the Journal, belonging to the Cameroon UN mission and the Cameroon embassy in DC respectively later took a different twist as the Cameroon’s ambassador to the US was later brought into the picture.

Meanwhile, the new treasurer to the Cameroon’s embassy in US, a Treasury Inspector, prior to his new job served in the same capacity at the Yaounde City Council. The presidential decree did not state if legal proceedings were being initiated against Ngoubene who has served in the US for over ten years. We will bring you more developments.