Police have apprehended the MTN employee linked to the One billion kwacha Lets Go BEEG Promotion fraud.
Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani says the suspect will be transported to Livingstone from Lusaka where he will answer charges leveled against him.
Ms Libongani was responding to questions from Journalists at a press briefing in Lusaka on Sunday.
She says police will take keen interest in all promotions.
Ms Libongani has explained that it is better to prevent fraud occurrences in lotteries and other promotions.
She says the Zambia Police Service is working with the Drug Enforcement Commission-DEC in investigating the matter.
MTN Zambia yesterday disclosed that the winner of the win BEEG Promotion is being investigated on allegations of fraud.
The winner was selected via a random draw which was monitored by Grant Thornton, the MTN appointed auditors for the promotion.
Information has however emerged that the winner of the ONE billion kwacha cash grand prize may have been fraudulently selected.
And the Zambia Police Service has sent fifty paramilitary officers to Livingstone to beef up security in the tourist capital.
Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani says the service has also stepped up investigations into the recent killing of a Spanish pilot and a security guard in Livingstone.
Ms Libongani has told journalists at a media briefing that a team of investigators led by Director of Criminal Investigations Department left for Livingstone on Thursday.
She says police will ensure that security is provided to all Livingstone residents, investors and tourists.
Ms Libongani has appealed to members of the public not to panic because the police have already put in place security measures to restore peace in the area.
ZNBC
Were 1 billion is involved, what do you expect??
I thought employees and their close relatives are prohibited from participating in such promotions in order to avoid such cases
Leave him alone! He used initiative.
Yet Grant Thornton passed it…
M sure he used a relatv wd dfrent names or jst a frend n agreed to share!Da God of Zed has stood with great mercies coz de poor hv bn deprived for too long bcoz of such selfish individuals!My God we pray for instant judgemnt coz its too much of corup activtz!
One wonders how many of those previous winners of such promotions won genuinly
MTN is big and cant use Zambian IT for such a scam. They are arresting ano innocent boy. Close MTN and Grant Thornton. You think MTN called Grant Thornton for nothing?
dis ting has oways bin going on,since dey introduced computers 2 do da selection,dos tings are linked 2 a network n o it nids is a gud hacker n da rest is history.or da companies demselves choose dez winners coz if u v bin followin dez promos u ll agree wit me dat most wins sim 2 b fixd
We indeed wonder about all other “competitions” held under the scrutiny of “auditors” like Grant Thorton…perhaps they should stick to auditing paper trails and leave the computer generated draws to IT experts…
MTN is sili .
How could they mode/con
the prize of 1billion for an
individual as if such a one is
the only customer? Why not
divide it severally so much
that many benefit?
Look @ the name of the
WINNER,and the
IT SPECIALIST and
HH company !
SAME TRIBE !
TONGAS.
NOW THAT HH’S COMPANY BOTH
CONIVED,
AND THAT THE WINNER HAS REFUSED
TO SHARE THE MONEY
WITH HIM HE ENDS UP TO
SPILL THE BIN!
GREED TRIBE!
In the first place you are not Moonga. Let me promise you that am going to use all my IT knowledge to trace you and it is very simple. I will first trace the gadget you used to send this comment and trace the owner who will further be questioned. I will make sure that all of you who pass insults and tribalistic coments learn a lesson. I will start with you so that you acknowledge the power of IT
moonga l wonder whetha u r a learned person.technology cn be sophiscated my freind.can provide u with computer programn lessons 4 free to save zambia from having too many iletrates like ‘moonga’.ask bill gates how many times his sytems wea hacked.wat does being tonga has to do..l think u ve been failing exams teribly cos u cnt relate thing properly.stop embarassing urself from thing u dot undastad
The won is Lozi and not Tonga do you even know the story for you to conclude the the winner is Tonga! Don’t judge the tribe but the person! Have full inform beforeyou comment! Pls!
Investigate all those who won in previous competitions
L.T please stop these *****s from posting sms kind of vocabulary on this blog, its irritating to read.
Some of us knew of these frauds even when MTN was still telecel! they had these two female employees in the marketing dept who would approach ‘potential winners’ through their social networks before the draw. They would then ask for a cut from the proceeds – this is an open secret and they should dig deeper into the last decade! Please check them out even the ones that have left or ask the public to come up with infor
I believe where auditors are engaged, the role is just to express an independent opinion on the assignment they have been engaged is whether the process used and the measures put in place are working adequately in line with what is enshrined in the available documents. However, this does mean that fraud cant occur. In the case of the draw for MTN, infromation reveal that this fraud was concealed and in this case went unnoticed. I suppose suppose pipo, we should be object and unbiased when commenting on issues of national interest and not bringing tribe issues. Our concern for now is to establish how many of such draws have MTN and other institutions promoting rotteries such as MUVI TV have conducted such draws genuinely. Moonga u need to be objective and dont portray ur ignorance
Let us all abstain from these promotions. let us all MOVE OUT from MTN and close shop. let us teach them lesson. I did take part and I was busy consoling myself meanwhile, my Money went to finance S.E.X escapeeds of one IT specialist??????????? atase.
This is the reason I don’t play these games. Look at the winners for instance, they are all well to do people. no poor guy wins the Zain or MTN draws. They are fake and well manipulated. Win a house, a flat, a farm, a car or shop. Fake
Let someone mobiliser MTN subscribers who participated in the promotion and sue MTN for damages. The participated in a fraudulent competition where they stood no chance!!!
Ya… These guys need to learn some lessons. You cant fool the whole zambia like that. Lets find a lawyer.
Please investigate all promotions for the last 10 years in telecel and Mtn and even celtel/zain/airtel if necessary. But one thing for sure is that I know at least 2 ex – marketing assistants who were deeply involved in these scams and actually made pre-arranged people win. Please investigate and all people employee or former employees should be brought to book.
One wonders what kind of a system MTN has for lottery to be used and is easily manipulated. ZICTA should have valuated the system and verify that is was not easy to be manipulated, and then certify that it can be used. MTN, ZICTA & Grant Thornton are all to blame for this open scam. That IT specialist just used initiative and took advantage of a porous system….In short he should be recruited for election rigging…. He is a genius
Has ZICTA got teeth ?
The embarrasment is more on the auditor!Grant Thonton whatwas your role?
See what selfishness can do. Nizadia neka??? wailasha. I am sure he failed to share the cake equally. Otherwise he would not have been know. Could it be another Kapoko at play.
MTN subscribers who participated in this sham raffle should sue MTN.
Why are we just pointing fingures at MTN. They are part of the scam but the MAIN culprit is the suspect who is clearly identified. Are we trying to protect another THIEF?
While auditing has its own limitations, it will be interesting to know the kind of work (assessed risk and substantive procedures) the auditor performed to get assurance that the lottery computer programme was indeed random and not pre-programmed.
As an Accountant/IT Auditor myself, i see so many ways of how it is possible to pre determine the outcome such a computer programme/transaction and the possible associated risks. I hope Grant thornton’s work was just to witness just by physically appearing on the show and possibly hope that would to assure the public of the authenticity of the competition(Without doing other procedures during the running of the competition, at the time of the draw and after), Otherwise they be called to question. Lets see how this goes!!!!!!!!!
Let all of us who participated sue MTN for damages. We should stand together..I can not even count how many texts I spent….poor system sure,,,in other countries,,,,they probably would have suspended the whole company for negligency till all investgations r made..balitwingilila aba ama investors…
Fraud theft and corruption seem to identify Zambia’s attitude to life. Rich or poor the wish to defraud in big or small ways applies to every level of society. A huge shame.
…this is not the first one even the independence one was not right as they were asking questions that did not have answers. in fact questions that border on Nation security and promoting violence in the post election period.
..in fact PF must be interested in this one as it was an insult for MTN to continue declaring R. Banda as still the Elected President of Zambia more than a month when the elections were held and a new president duly elected and sworn in. am still waiting for ZICTA to give me a reason as to how MTN was able to ask questions to a promotion that didn’t have answers and MTN went on to declare a win of the same promotion. if ZICTA at all can handle this one.
such huge draws just create unneccessary inequality…its better for 100 people to win K10M each than one person winning K1bn. lets distribute wealth equally.
ya, yafauka deal!!!
Chisense amina ingombe sha!!
This is what happens when Telecom companies don’t pay their employees well for the sake of meeting abnormal targets
that wasnt his relative that was his gal friend i think i won that one clean pls reverse it and give it to me
@MOONGA
Inyo yako. Imboozi yako. macende yako, muzindo. shi..t
MTN are not serious, such prize would have been divided in to smaller distribution, such big values will definitely try to attract fraud, considering hardship back home. MTN Marketing are Useless. Let this be a lesson learnt.
The only problem with Jones is because he stole from the ‘members of the public’ otherwise there are other big fish within MTN especially from the Distribution dept.Thay are giving themselves contracts to distribute airtime.Is a coincidence that two distributors from UGANDA have been given Lusaka,S/province,Central,CB,western and that the head of Distribution dept at MTN is from UGANDA?Dont we have capable companies in zambia that can distribute airtime?
Brenda Muntemba has failed to command Southern Province Police. So much trouble of late.
The billion dollar question iz how long haz this scam been going on? Thoze smaller competitionz were just a matter of an arrangement with various friendz of relativez dotted all over the country, and bang! Depozit this that amount in account A or B and the MTN IT man waz smilling all the way to the bank….
You are so right Jay, this is a sydicate!!!!!!
Some renowned perpetual opposition political leader claim he was at the Head of Grant Thornton and therefore we should eblieve in him, failing to detect such a basic fraud is a slap in the face!!
I wont be surprised if she is amongst the 1 million winners every week
more money in people’s pockets
I can only blame the government………IT staffs they have to be given some extras allowances because there are the people who keeps information in most of the organisation.
I think the Zambia state lottery is the plan ( Pick- a-lot). Ivi vinangu ni suspect
it is a common thing to receiver sms on MTN network encouraging people to enter into a draw and win money everday.this makes me wonder if a telecomunication company is allowed to do business like a casino or lottery company here in zambia.let us learn to address the issue.if telecomunication companies want pipo to win let them win without any amount being charged and if it is a question of winning by participating in a draw let us leave it to lottery companies to do that. for those of you who participate in these shameless competition(Gambling) this should act as a lesson good luck.
This guy is dumb. He should have used someone distant from him, not his girlfriend!
Mwa chepa sana! :d
LOL lwalinya pa Zed. The all story smells baf. This could be a culture in the Zambian lottery ststem in general and not just MTN. Someone needs to get to the bottom of this. Ati more money in people’s pockets lol what the heck !!!!!
LOL lwalinya pa Zed. The all story smells bad. This could be a culture in the Zambian lottery system in general and not just MTN. Someone needs to get to the bottom of this. Ati more money in people’s pockets lol what the heck !!!!!
MTN IS FULL OF FRAUD, EVEN THE MEDIA PRIZE THING WAS FRAUDULENT, ITS THE SAME WITH MISA. THIS IS A GENERAL PROBLEM IN ZAMBIA. WE NEED SANITY!
Impupu has been caught,now re do the draw so that 10 people can share it atleast
All MTN subscrbers who took part in the competition, pliz lets pool resources together we sue this Yellow fever shit Company. Where is Vincent Malambo S.C he @ 1 time took on Multichoice over the fiddling with supersport chanels. This 1 is test case for us subscribers. Let the ACC dig deeper by quizing this IT guy, it appears the now on going competition from 7777 is suspect cause I have never seen any winners in physical. The whole competions are smelly now even Lotto, its possible that it can be in the same category.
Any and all such promotions, including the National Lottery, are nothing more than a tax on the poor.
@4 auditors just give an opinion on the true and fair view and not total assurance that the system is 100% free from errors.so such issues can arise and especially where there is collusion which can be done without detection.
Very piti full! Just shows poor regulatory controls – it has to take some1 to spill the beans
Listen Friends, Any Competition that involves Computer, there is fruad, this is something that no one can stop, just like you can not stop the development of computer viruses. All those programes are programmed to give a defined answer and so those are just code meant to perform task depending on wat the IT software developer wants. so you can not blame the IT man, Probably He has been doing that from the start and it is a company policy. So maybe MTN send me to do that and that is wat they do.. don’t mind
One programmer very dull. Do not try to be competent on matters you re not
@KCI… You wrote: One programmer very dull. Do not try to be competent on matters you re not. Thank You, If you try to develop a simple code in Java language that behaves like this:
public class TestResult{
/** Main method */
public static void main(String[] args) {
int i = 5;
int j = 2;
int k = max(i, j);
System.out.println(“The maximum between ” + i +
” and ” + j + ” is ” + k);
}
/** Return the max between two numbers */
public static int max(int num1, int num2) {
int result;
if (num1 > num2)
result = num1;
else
result = num2;
return result;
}
The simple code will allow you to define the answer you want to get.
@One Programmer: and which ones are the parameter?
@One Programmer, I get your point and am trying to understand why big organisations would want to cheat, instead of donating the money to the need people they bring up draw games which are fake, and try to create a good image to the developing countries like Zambia of which they are not. Too sad
One programmer, I am too advanced for your little code. Programmes can be run in many languages and Java is only one of them. #58 enough with this poverty and needy donation mentality. People have to work
@KCI, I just apply the knowledge that I have acquired in the industry and understand the bahavior of programming codes. Am just one of those people in the country that Love programming so much and I understand that this was not started by me, and so I stand on the shoulders on gaints, and if you are a gaint then praise God
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