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DEC arrests three business persons for attempting to obtain credit by false pretence.

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The Drug Enforcement Commission through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit (AMLIU) has arrested three business persons for attempting to obtain credit by false pretence.

In a statement issued by DEC public relations manager Theresa Katongo said Katongo Chiteba Mulenga, 28, a Business Woman of 218/16 Kaunda Square Stage 2 in Lusaka has been arrested for theft, forgery, uttering of false documents, personation, and obtaining credit by false pretences contrary to the Laws of Zambia.

Ms Katongo said Mulenga is alleged to have on dates unknown but between 1st January, 2016 and 27th January, 2017 whilst acting together with other persons unknown did, fraudulently and without any claim of right, deprive a named financial services company of K25, 000 by forging a National Registration Card and two (02) Government payslips for a named school teacher in the Ministry of Education in Ngabwe in Central Province.

She explained that Mulenga uttered the said documents to a named financial services company and impersonated a named school teacher thereby deceiving the loan officer of the named financial services.

The financial services company inevitably issued the loan of K25, 000 to the accused.

The suspect was released on Police Bond and will appear in Court soon.

And in a related development, Ms Katongo said the Commission has arrested and jointly charged George Mulasikwanda, 42, a Businessman of Plot No. 10968 of Libala South and Justine Washa Mwelwa, 48, a Businessman of House No. 59093 of Kamwala South for attempting to obtain credit by false pretences, forgery, uttering of false documents and personation contrary to the Laws of Zambia.

She said Particulars of the offence are that George Mulasikwanda and Justine Washa Mwelwa on dates unknown but between 1st November, 2016 and 27th January, 2017 jointly and whilst acting together with other persons unknown did attempt to obtain a loan of K30,000 from a named financial services company without any claim of right.

She said Mulasikwanda and Mwelwa forged payslips and a National Registration Card in the name of a named teacher from the Ministry of Education in Kabwe and a signature of a Human Resource Officer also from the Ministry of Education in Kabwe.

Ms Katongo added that the duo further uttered the said documents to the named financial services company purporting to be a named teacher and subsequently collected a cheque of K30, 000.

She said cheque was deposited into an account opened at a known bank in the name of the said teacher.

The two suspects have been released on Police Bond and will appear in Court soon.

12 COMMENTS

  1. The only way for most people to survive under the hopeless pf government concrete jungle. Do you blame them ?

    • Civil servant payslips are a goddam f**king treasure for these micro finance companies, once a poverty-stricken pf cadre lays his or her hands on it, such is expected, keep your payslips safe ba civil servant.

    • u tonga bull dont be bitter for the rest of your life be practical,i dont like yo concerns sometiimes and dont think if at all u have gone beyond grade 12

  2. NEZ,tell me something ,what have you done for us Zambians apart from being born here that we as Zambians can be proud of and look forward to trusting your talk?

    • For many years I worked as an international specialist in economic governance and finance. During those years I contributed greatly to Zambia tax revenue as I was and continue to be in the highest earners tax bracket. Meanwhile I retired at an early age as I had enough capital to venture into my own independent business. During this time I have managed to employ fellow Zambians while also volunteering for the upnd as strategist with the aim to save many Zambians from poverty under selfish parties like pf. What have you done yourself young man or woman

    • @Bemba man:
      Why would you expect NEZ to do anything for you using his personal resources. He is not your father and neither is he your relative! Did Lungu do anything for you using his own resources before he became a fake president? Lungu is in fact a convicted common thief that never helped anyone and even neglected his daughter who was working as a toilet cleaner in America.
      Yours is the kind of sick mentality amongst Zambians that is dragging the country backward. Get off your smelly ar.se and work hard for yourself and your relatives. Nobody should do anything for lazy thieves like you.

  3. Uttered a document? What gibberish! No wonder no one is able to understand the constitution if it’s written in such nonsense.

  4. @NEZ you also stole the money and opened your own independent business and you have managed to employ fellow TONGAS/UPND

  5. But this NEZ guy is a complete waste of space. A total missed call. We all belong to parties but we don’t have monopoly of wisdom. This guy does not sound civilised. Unfortunately excuse me, instead of discussing developmental issues I am discussing a nonentity, but somebody should sit him down.

  6. Tying this to PF is utter indication of insular mentality. These things happen even in the most advanced economies of the world. Am sure some lumpen here could also be fraudister playing holier than thou.

  7. Teachers’ pay slips usually find themselves even in the hands of those baking tumbuwas. This is b’cos the ministry of education over produce them.

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