Five bankers, a marketing executive and sports administrator have been dragged to court on 13 counts of theft, forgery and uttering of false documents.

The seven are alleged to have stolen and obtained over K100,000 under false pretenses.

It is alleged that Ravecious Kaumba Moonga and Sambwa Musunsa; marketing executive and sports administrator respectively, were obtaining the money from Investrust Bank by falsely pretending that they were employees of Natural Valley Limited when in fact not.

Moonga and Musunsa are also alleged to have made false payment vouchers purporting to show that they were genuinely signed by an accountant when in fact not.

The accused further uttered fraudulently National Assembly payment.

They are expected to take plea on Monday.

Meanwhile, an 18-year-old Lusaka boy has been dragged to court for assaulting his mother.

Evaristo Phiri is alleged to have beaten his mother thereby occasioning her actual bodily harm on June 13, 2017.

Details are that Evaristo beat up his mother after she went to pick him at his school.