THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit, has arrested a 39-year-old businesswoman for attempting to defraud FRA of 751 metric tonnes of maize valued at K3,004,000. In a statement, Friday, DEC Public Relations Officer Hussein Khan said Bertha Njamba in her capacity as director and shareholder in Imaber General Trading Limited attempted to obtain maize from the FRA Mbala Depot by stating that the Agency had issued the maize to several clients without the company’s authority. He said the Commission has also charged Njamba for Obtaining Money by False Pretences. “The Drug Enforcement Commission through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit has arrested a businesswoman for attempting to defraud the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) of 751 metric...

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