Police in Samyfa have picked up and detained a cashier with Finance Bank in the district for allegedly defrauding customers’ bank accounts.
Police officer-in-charge, Ulaya Phiri, told ZANIS today that a cashier was picked up and detained yesterday after bank auditors from Lusaka reported her to police in connection with defrauding of customers’ accounts.
Mr. Phiri declined to disclose the actual amount of money that was reported missing from the bank, but said the initial report indicated that several millions of Kwacha belonging to customers were tampered with.
He said the cashier is being held to assist police with investigations as there are still some withdrawal slips bearing forged handwritings which will need to be sent to Lusaka for forensic examination.
However, bank sources revealed that K7.5 million was defrauded from customers’ accounts and the cashier being held by police is suspected to have taken the money.
In a related development, the headteacher of Kandolo Basic School has been detained by police after being found selling building materials suspected to have been stolen from the school which has a construction project.
Police officer-in-charge Ulaya Phiri and Zambia National Union of Teachers Secretary, Kupa Kunda, confirmed the detention of the headteacher.
Mr. Phiri said a Mr. Kaunda was found selling construction iron bars at a give-away price of less than K1,000 when the bars cost over K8,000 on the market.
He said, after interrogation, the headteacher claimed that the construction project was completed and he decided to sell the remaining bars.
Mr. Phiri said the headteacher was using the wrong procedure to dispose of building materials that belonged to government and police were investigating the matter.
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Cage this dull cahier.When will these people learn to be professional?
Arrest him and take him where He belongs.
This headteacher makes sad reading.And sure a female kawalala! Anyway the love for money is the source of evil.
Ubucushi mwe bantu. That’s why people resort to theft. Now who’s going to feed their children going if you send them to prison?
#4 Nine chale, if all people with ‘ubucushi’ were to solve their problems through stealing, or corruption, then this country will going nowhere. i just hope you dont belong to a certain tribe in zambia where stealing is taken as normal and a hobby
Poverty is the cause of all this crime. Government is lacking problem solvers in parliament, too many dunderheads.
Poverty has nothing to do with it. This is a problem deeply embedded in people’s minds.
Just jail that cashier,very unproffesional chap.Lucky he didnt temper with my mane,otherwise i was going to jail him myself.