PCCB files report for 4 men facing 543 counts
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- The PCCB’s head of legal and prosecutions department, Donosian Kessy, said they had filed the information on February 15 at the court so that they could continue with procedures of opening the case at the court.
Dar es Salaam. The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) has filed information concerning the economic sabotage case No. 8 of 2019 at the Economic, Corruption and Organised Crime Division of the High Court.
In the case, businessman Mohamed Yusufali and three co-accused are facing 543 counts including money laundering, forgery and tendering false documents to the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) with the aim to evade paying tax and causing a loss of Sh24,303,777,426.70 to the government.
Besides Yusufali, the other accused facing the case are Arifal Paliwala and I&M Bank Kariakoo branch manager Sameer Khan.
The PCCB’s head of legal and prosecutions department, Donosian Kessy, said they had filed the information on February 15 at the court so that they could continue with procedures of opening the case at the court.
Kessy also explained that they had dispatched case files and three copies to the Economic, Corruption and Organised Crime Division of the High Court, whereby within seven days the latter would be required to dispatch one copy to the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court, where the principal case had been lodged.
According to Kessy, statements from both parties on the evidence will be read out to the accused.
