The Drug Enforcement Commission DEC has arrested a Stores Clerk at the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) for money laundering involving One Hundred and Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred Kwacha.
According to the commission the accused identified as Eric Ndhlovu is jointly accused while acting together with other persons unknown between 1st May, 2022 and September 30, 2022 with intent to defraud, forged twelve (12) payment instructions to a known bank, as payments for Staff allowances to himself as a Stores Clerk at the Financial Intelligence Centre.
Mr. Ndhlovu is alleged to have used part of the said money to acquire a Toyota Mark II motor vehicle which has since been seized by the commission.
He is also alleged to have purchased various goods from a known supplier whose bank account details he replaced with his own bank account information on the payment instructions purporting that the said payment instructions were duly approved, authorized and signed by the authorized bank signatories when in fact not.
In a related matter, the DEC has arrested three directors of the National Housing Empowerment Fund (NHEF) for money laundering involving K36 million.
The suspects identified as Kamphembele Ngulube, Margaret Mabingo and Lusuntha Ngulube have also been arrested for obtaining the said money by false pretenses.
By Darius Choonya