THE LUSAKA MAGISTRATE COURT HAS SENTENCED A FORMER CASHIER AT THE ROAD TRANSPORT AND SAFETY AGENCY (RTSA ) TO FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT WITH HARD LABOUR FOR MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES INVOLVING OVER K6 BILLION.
JOHN MOONGA, 38, WAS CONVICTED AFTER FINDING HIM GUILTY OF SIXTY CHARGES INVOLVING THEFT, FRAUDULENT ACCOUNTING AND FORGERY.
FACTS BEFORE THE COURT WERE THAT MR. MOONGA IN HIS CAPACITY AS A CASHIER AT THE THEN ROAD TRANSPORT COMMISSION NOW ROAD TRANSPORT AND SAFETY AGENCY FORGED GOVERNMENT REVENUE DEPOSIT SLIPS INDICATING THAT HE HAD DEPOSITED GOVERNMENT MONEY WHICH CAME IN HIS POSSESSION BY VIRTUE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT WHEN IN FACT NOT.
DEC PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER JOHN NYAWALI HAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. MOONGA STOLE A TOTAL OF K6.7 BILLION OF GOVERNMENT REVENUE AT ROAD TRANSPORT COMMISSION OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.
HE WAS ARRESTED IN 2007 BY THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATIONS UNIT OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION AND CHARGED HIM WITH 61 COUNTS OF THEFT, FRAUD, FORGERY AND MONEY LAUNDERING.
AND MR NYAWALI HAS DISCLOSED THAT A 27 YEAR OLD BUSINESSWOMAN OF LUSAKA HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES INVOLVING K45 MILLION.
TIWONGA MTONGA, A RESIDENT OF ROCKFIELD FORGED BANK DOCUMENTS BELONGING TO ANOTHER PERSON AND WITHDREW A TOTAL OF FORTY FIVE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND KWACHA.
ALSO ARRESTED IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT FOR MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES IS A 59 YEAR OLD BUSINESSMAN OF KAUNDA SQUARE IN LUSAKA.
JAMES CHUNGU TOGETHER WITH A PURCHASING OFFICER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA DID OBTAIN K15 MILLION FROM THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES FOR THE SUPPLY OF VARIOUS GOODS WHICH HE DID NOT DELIVER.
THE TWO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN REALIZED ON BOND AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT SOON.
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