THE Drug Enforcement Commission, through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit, has arrested and jointly charged a revenue assurance officer and a software developer for unauthorised access to data and theft by servant involving over K4 million. In a statement, Tuesday, DEC Public Relations Officer Hussein Khan said Brian Matanda, whilst acting with Michael Mulikita and other unknown persons fraudulently gained access to a known mobile network operator’s mobile money application and three merchant accounts and stole funds amounting to K4, 875,142. He said the funds were transferred to various mobile money accounts and later withdrawn. “The Drug Enforcement Commission through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit has arrested and jointly charged a Revenue Assurance Officer and a Software Developer for Unauthorised...

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