By NATION REPORTERA 42-YEAR-OLD Accounts Assistant from Namwala Secondary School has been arrested for money laundering activities involving K360, 000Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) public relations officer, Theresa Katongo said the suspect identified as Manfred Hatamba, of B5 Nchete Compound in Namwala, stole K360, 000 in his capacity as Accounts Assistant at the school.Ms Katongo said Hatamba used the money to buy a plot in Monze, a television set, a fridge and also paid for his school fees at Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies.“Particulars of the offence are that between January 1, 2016 and June 30, 2018, Manfred Hatamba inserted figures on dully authorised cheques to increase the amounts more than the approved amount,” she said in a statement.Ms Katongo said the suspect had been charged with theft by public servant, fraudulent false accounting, altering of false documents and money laundering.In Central Province, the DEC has destroyed over 1.7 tonnes of cannabis in an exercise conducted […]
SCHOOL ACCOUNTANT NABBED OVER K360, 000
