Fake Malawi kwacha in circulation: Man arrested with counterfeit
Beware! There’s fake currency that is in circulation.
Law enforcers are appealing to members of the public to be on alert and report to police suspicious people dealing in the fake notes.
Meanwhile, Police in Mzuzu are keeping in custody a 38-year-old man for allegedly being found in possession of fake bank notes amounting to K74, 000.
, Mzuzu Police Station deputy publicist Sergeant Patrick Saulosi said Ambere Mboma was arrested at Mzuzu Bus Depot where he wanted to buy mobile phone units worth K4, 000 using the fake money.
Saulosi said when the TNM units’ dealer realised that the K1, 000 bank notes were fake, he immediately reported the matter to a police officer who was right in the bus depot.
“The fake notes felt like an ordinary paper and it had no underlain security features that are seen when exposed to the sun,” he said.
Saulos then advised the general public to take caution when selling their products and handling money by checking all the security features on genuine bank notes.
The suspect will answer the charge of being found in possession of fake bank notes contrary to section 374 (a) of the Penal Code which attracts a maximum sentence of 7 years imprisonment with hard labor (IHL).
Mboma hails from Mwenemwabe Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Wasambo in Karonga District.
That’s a lot of money worth
All Malawians are thieves
7 years behind bars ! he indeed deserves to be punished thus !
TIKHALE TCHELU ON MBC TV EVERY TUESDAY FROM EIGHT THIRTY. GOOD PROGRAM
Vuto la ku Malawi osangochita adopt tisiye kupempha bwanji. Original pa international market, fake pa indoor. Ndiyogwira.
pitiliza kupanga kwachayo,ngati kuli kumanga ayambe muluzi,ma 500 aja,musamawone ngati tinayiwa
pitiliza kupanga,tichita kukapyola bondo ku IMF pamene mapepala opangira kwachawo tikuwaona!!!!!!
NKHANIYI NDI YABODZA. IKADAKHALA YOONA WOLEMBAYU SAKADALEPHERA MKULEMBA KOMA. AKUTI KWACAH. KU MALAWI KULIBE KWACAH KOMA KWACHA
Death sentence bas palbe kuchtla mwna
Then tell the general Public the real features of an original bank note.
The Rserve BAANK OF MALAWI SHOULD BE CONDUCTING INSPECTION REGULARLY. What measures are they putting in place to end this malpractice as a country/ This is dangerous to investors.
mbola ndalama zikusowadi,pangani zambiri mbale mwina tingasiye kupita ku joni
These are just many in Southern part of Malawi and people have bought properties out of this technology and it really works Komatu this is not bad than Cashgae
Komano how?? Where did he get it from?
Mbola
Ambere chire
mchawa
WOKUBA NGATI MBWIYACHE —– ???
These guys from Nyika Republic have started printing their own currency. This is not Malawi Kwacha!
Waiting to hear the sentence by our crazy judiciary. One stole over K400m and was given 3 years. Will wait with interest on this K74,000 fake money.
Even the spelling of Kwacha is fake.
Ngati tawuni yakanika kulibwino kukalima kusiyana ndikumafunafuna njira zobera a malawi-amangidwe basi
Pofuna kulemera osamaopa iyayi amafuna achite bwino munthuyu nanga akanapanga bwanji
Financial crimes eeish!
KWACHA not KWACHAH
Kwacha yavuta mpakana anthu asegulasó yawo reserve bank yopanga alou vera?
Mwana wachangu ameneyo.If it is only Pitala and Saulos who are inflating their salaries like balloons and declaring imaginary assets while the commoners are struggling on every basis.That’s a sign of desperation.Things are not working in Malawi at the moment.People are leading very hopeless lives.