Akiba bank cashier arraigned in court

A CASHIER with Akiba Commercial Bank Limited, Joyce Mahila, appeared before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam yesterday charged with 60 counts of forgery, uttering false documents and obtaining over 29m/- by false pretences.

The 24-year-old girl denied the charges before Principal Resident Magistrate Euphemia Mingi.

She was remanded for lack of sureties until October 15, when the case will be mentioned.

Magistrate Mingi had ordered the accused to secure three sureties, who were to sign a bond of 10m/- each. She was also required to secure one close relative to bail her out. One of the remaining sureties, according to the magistrate, was to surrender in court a title deed.

The prosecution told the court that investigations into the case have not been completed. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Charles Kenyela alleged that the cashier committed the offences between May 29 and October 10, this year.

Assisted by Assistant Inspector of Police Maximilian Birigi, ACP Kenyela alleged that with intent to defraud, Mahila forged 20 withdraw forms of the bank’s Kijitonyama Branch, bearing different dates and amount of money.

The accused, according to the prosecution, purported to show that the forms were genuinely signed by one Jerome Kohi Mwita, the holder of an Identity Card Number 38417, while it was untrue.

Within the same period at the bank, the prosecution further alleged, knowingly and fraudulently, the cashier uttered the forged forms to the supervisor of the bank’s branch, Mr Twitwingis Charles.

The prosecution alleged also that within the same period at the bank, Mahila obtained a total of 29,900,000/- from the bank using the forged forms after falsely pretending that the said money was paid to Mr Mwita, the owner of account number 055000007615.

SOURCE: DAILY NEWS