DEC Arrests Female Banker for Money Laundering The Drug Enforcement Commission through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit has arrested a 33 year-old female banker for money laundering activities involving K300 thousand. Drug Enforcement Commission Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo has said Namakau Kapui, 33, a banker of Plot No. 16835, Kamwala South in Lusaka has been arrested for theft by servant, forgery uttering of false documents and money laundering contrary to the laws of Zambia. Particulars of the offence are that Namakau Kapui a banker at a named bank in Lusaka, on dates unknown but between 1st January, 2014 and 16th December, 2014 did forge transfer instructions and uttered to the cashiers purporting that a client of the bank had issued the instructions to transfer money from her account to other people’s accounts when in fact not. She explained that Namakau thereby accessed the funds transferred to the said people’s accounts known to her and after withdrawals she personally benefited from the said funds. Further, the suspect did engage directly or indirectly in transactions that involve proceeds of crime whereby she acquired two (02) motor vehicles namely a Toyota Harrier and a Toyota Altezza which have since been seized by the Commission. And in a related but separate incidence, the Commission has arrested three (03) male persons for money laundering activities involving K397, 808. Christopher Chopwe, 34, an Electrician of House No. 3 Rubble Crescent in Kamwala South has been arrested and jointly charged with Henry Ngoma, 34, of Kabanana Compound and Kenneth Nalwiinda Mainda a businessman of KCC Flats, Chandamali in Kitwe for theft and money laundering contrary to the laws of Zambia. Particulars of the offence are that the three persons on dates unknown but between 1st January, 2012 and 30th November, 2014 jointly and whilst acting together with other persons unknown did steal medical reagents from a reputable organisation and supplied them to some medical clinics under a named mining company on the Copperbelt Province using a company called Nalcity Chemicals Enterprises Limited in which Kenneth Nalwiinda Mainda is Director and shareholder. Further Kenneth Mainda engaged directly or indirectly in a transaction that involves proceeds of crime, whereby a residential plot and a bank account have been seized by the Commission as proceeds of crime. Meanwhile the Commission has arrested five (05) persons for trafficking in various quantities of cocaine. Those arrested and jointly charged include Yusuf Munkombwe, 22, of Chawama compound in Lusaka and Benard Nchimunya, 22, also of Chawama compound for trafficking in eight (08) rocks of cocaine. Also arrested is Mwila Mukonde, 37, of Chamba valley in Lusaka for trafficking in three (03) sachets of cocaine. And on the Copperbelt, the Commission has arrested and jointly charged John Post, 58, a South African national residing at 23 Chikuni in Parklands and Chisela Mukuka, 31, a Zambian business woman of the same abode for trafficking in cocaine and 1.4g of cannabis. All suspects will appear in court soon. zambiareports/2015/01/06/dec-arrests-female-banker-money-laundering/
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:50:26 +0000