Malawi: Junior civil servant who nicked US$70m in ‘cashgate’ gets 9 years

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Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – Victor Sithole, the Malawi Government Accounts Assistant, who became the second convict in ‘cashgate – the systematic plunder of millions of dollars of government money, was sentenced last week to nine years imprisonment with hard labour … Read More

Malawi: Former Malawi budget director arrested on ‘cashgate’-related charges

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Paul Mphwiyo Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)  arrested Saturday former Ministry of Finance Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo on ‘cashgate’-related charges. Mphwiyo was arrested alongside his wife, Thandizo. “The Anti-Corruption Bureau has on, October 18, 2014, arrested Mr. Paul Mphwiyo, the … Read More

Malawi: Chief ‘cashgater’ Oswald Lutepo released on bail

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Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – In Malawi, a magistrates’ court in the capital, Lilongwe, released on bail businessman Oswald Lutepo, the main suspect of the systematic looting of government money dubbed ‘cashgate’. Lutepo was re-arrested on Sunday after he confessed in … Read More

Malawi: Oswald Lutepo, chief suspect in Malawi major financial scandal re-arrested after exposé

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Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – Police in the central Malawi district of Kasungu  arrested Sunday Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in the systematic plunder of government money, dubbed ‘cashgate’. This follows Lutepo’s allegations that senior government officials were behind the scandal in … Read More