February 5, 2021 Tiwonge Kumwenda Mhango - Nyasa Times 6 Comments
The Kasungu senior resident magistrate court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced David Shumba to 14 years imprisonment and seven others to 4 years imprisonment over counterfeit currency.
Officer holds a bunch of counterfeit currency
The investigation conducted by Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) and police found the eight convicts with counterfeit K2 000 notes mounting to fake value of K392 000 and counterfeit 99,400 US dollars
The other seven convicts are identified as Filodi Goodson, Ibrahim Makina, Martha Makonde Nyirenda, Lameck Banda, Gerlad Banda, Alick Tchuma and Laston Msiska.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant Superintendent Peter Njiragoma and two lawyers from the Reserve Bank of Malawi Zumbe Kumwenda and Peter Masiye.