The Drug Enforcement Commission -DEC- has arrested a 38 year old JOANNIE MUMPASHYA an accounts Assistant of Dam Area in Chongwe District for money laundering activities involving over 2.3-million Kwacha.
DEC Deputy Public Relations Officer DELIGHT HAANGALA declosed.
Ms. HAANGALA says Ms. MUMPASHYA has been arrested for fraudulent false accounting, theft by Public Servant and Money Laundering.
“Details of the matter are that the accused on dates unknown but between 1st January 2020 and 31st August 2021 in Lusaka jointly and whilst acting together with other persons unknown, by virtue of her position stole about 2.3-million Kwacha from a named Government Department by altering entries in the books of Accounts”, she said.
Ms. HAANGALA adds that the Commission has since seized a house from the suspect which is at Plot No. 269 in Chongwe District.
HAANGALA says the suspect is currently on police bond and will appear in court soon.
This is contained in a statement availed to ZNBC News in Lusaka.