Inside Sh117m fraud: How ex-Tanzania People’s Defence Forces officer exploited CDF Mabeyo’s name

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Dar es Salaam. The Court Martial Appeal Court has upheld a four-year jail term handed to former Tanzania People’s Defence Forces (TPDF) Sergeant Mussa Sahani, who swindled fellow officers out of Sh117 million by falsely claiming he could facilitate military recruitment.

Sergeant Sahani, military number MT 85115, was attached to 831 KJ Mgulani Barracks when he defrauded colleagues by promising army jobs for their relatives, allegedly using the name of then Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Venance Mabeyo to lend credibility to the scheme.