THE MANSA MAGISTRATE COURT HAS SENTENCED A SENIOR ECONOMIST AT THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IN MANSA TO TWO YEARS IMPRISONMENT WITH HARD LABOUR AFTER FINDING HIM GUILTY OF THEFT AND MONEY LAUNDERING INVOLVING OVER K160 MILLION.
DEC PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER JOHN NYAWALI SAYS CHARLES CHILUFYA, A SENIOR ECONOMIST AND MARKETING DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR FOR LUAPULA PROVINCE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF STEALING A TOTAL OF K161 MILLION PROPERTY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA.
HE SAYS MR. CHILUFYA, 48, STOLE THE MONEY WHICH WAS GIVEN TO HIS OFFICE FOR SENSITIZATION AND TRAINING OF FARMERS IN OIL PALM GROWING AND MARKETING PROJECT IN LUAPULA VALLEY.
MR NYAWALI ADDS THAT MR. CHILUFYA, WHO WAS ARRESTED BY THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING UNIT OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION IN 2008, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SEVEN CHARGES OF FORGERY, THEFT AND MONEY LAUNDERING.
MEANWHILE, THE COMMISSION HAS SEIZED A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CHEMICALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF COUNTERFEIT NOTES FROM FOUR BUSINESSMEN OF LUSAKA.
THE VEHICLE WAS SEIZED AFTER A SEARCH WHERE OVER US $2000 OF COUNTERFEIT NOTES WAS DISCOVERED.
MR NYAWALI SAYS THE FOUR HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN POLICE CUSTODY AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT SOON.
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