DEC nab former Choma banker

DEC Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo

DEC Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo

The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested a 28-year-old former banker in Choma for theft by servant and money laundering involving over thirty thousand Kwacha.

Commission Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo says Sandra Thindwa, 28, a former Banker of plot M13 Mukasa in Choma has been arrested for theft by servant and money laundering involving K33, 989.20 contrary to the Laws of Zambia.

Particulars of the offence are that Thindwa between 1st November, 2015 and 31st January, 2016 did receive a cash deposit from a named company amounting to K33, 989.20 which she stole by virtue of her being a teller at a named bank.

Thindwa laundered the said money by benefiting herself without the authority of her employers.

The suspect will appear tomorrow in the Choma Magistrate Courts.

And the Commission is appealing to members of the public with information regarding the Ikulile Initiative Enterprise to report to any Drug Enforcement Commission office across the country.

The DEC has been investigating Ikulile Initiative Enterprise following reports that the company swindled civils servants in Eastern Province of money totalling over one million Kwacha in April, 2016.

 

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