Bank official arrested for K2m fraud allegations
A Standard Bank employee in Kasungu is in police custody after he was arrested on suspicion of fraud.
Salima police spokesman Gift Chitowe said the law enforcers arrested Ephraim Liyaya a bank teller at Salima Standard Bank branch.
The police spokesman said Liyaya is suspected to have swindled about K2 million.
“Police arrested Ephraim Liyaya a bank teller at Standard Bank. He is suspected to have been swindling the bank through fraudulent means,” said Chitowe.
Police spokesman said the suspect will be prosecuted after Fiscal Police completes its investigations.
“Investigations are underway and he will be brought to court to answer charges,” he said.
Liyaya is suspected to have opened a bogus account where he was depositing money allegedly stole from some customer’s accounts.
Standard Bank has not made any comment.
Tagged with: fraud, SALIMA, Standard Bank
Where is Charity, Happy girl? I am missing yuo my dear
O yes, all thieves should go. Koma enanu chilichonse kususa basi, ndinu otani kodi? Kuvomereza kuba ndinthu munthu wanzeru zake, mbewu yachabe kwabasi yimeneyi.
Apolisi gwirani ntchito yanu.
Actually where does this guy come from Kasungu Bank or Salima Bank, two places have been mentioned here – which is which?
With all my natural human instinct, am going to follow this K2 million case with sceptism until its final conclusion and then sit and compare notes with another case of K1.7 billion!
Hopefully Justice Kamwambe will preside over both cases.
These 2 cases will be a bench-mark on how credible our judicial system is.
WAKUBA SADZIWIKA! NGAKHALE ENANU MUKUMAPEREKA CHAKHUMI KU CHURCH NDALAMA ZOWOMBA! HEY! TAKE CARE!
I just want to agree with Munthu, is it two people that were arrested or just one person, how come he was based in two Branches Salima and Kausungu at the same time. Muthanso kumalemba nkhani zina mu chichewa ngati editor wachokapo