The Anti-Corruption Commission has on Friday apprehended an official of Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (AMTA) in Katima Mulilo for alleged corrupt practices when he allegedly embezzled the agency’s money for self-gratification.

According to the ACC in a media statement issued on Friday, the arrest comes after it received a tip-off from a whistleblower against the 49-year-old male suspect, who allegedly sells maize grains from AMTA silos to individual persons but issues them with private bank details to deposit money into.

“Furthermore, it is alleged that 80 tons of maize grain from AMTA silos at the same town was sold to a miller, whose name could not be revealed, at N. dollars 280 000, however the invoice contained a private account, to which the money was deposited.

The owner of the account under which the money was paid is also being investigated,” the ACC noted.

The suspect is expected to make his first appearance in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s court on Monday

Source: The Namibian Press Agency