Staff Reporter

THE Prosecutor General, Martha Imalwa, on 28 October 2024 sought a forfeiture order for optimistic balances within the First National Bank account of Xmuti Investments CC, owned by Denzel Megarneno Mulunga (21), the nephew of ex-Namcor MD Immanuel Mulunga.

Denzel Mulunga is among the many 4 males who have been arrested in July this yr for theft of gasoline belonging to the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) from vans.

Namcor reported on 15 February 2024 that it had found the potential theft of gasoline with an estimated worth of over N$1 million, whereas in transit from the National Oil Storage Facility in Walvis Bay to one in all its main bulk purchasers, Husab Mine. The consignment, nonetheless, by no means reached its vacation spot.

“On 15 March 2024, I obtained a provisional preservation of property order in relation to the property which forms the subject matter of this application. The provisional preservation of property order was confirmed on 19 April 2024. The preservation order was granted by this Honourable Court in respect of the positive balance held in the First National Bank account in the name of Xmuti Investments CC (‘Xmuti’s FNB account’). This application is brought in terms of section 59 of POCA to obtain an order declaring the property, as per the preservation order, forfeited to the State on the grounds that, on a balance of probabilities, the property is the proceeds of unlawful activities, namely: theft, fraud, and money laundering in contravention of sections 4 (b) (i) of POCA,” Imalwa stated in an affidavit.

Giving a background of the information, the PG stated that Simeon Nghifikwa Shilongo (the truck driver) was arrested by Nampol on 25 January 2024 and charged with theft and cash laundering. The felony case was opened after Shilongo, an worker of Sky-Way Investment CC in Swakopmund, loaded diesel from Namcor’s nationwide facility in Walvis Bay and by no means delivered it to Husab Mine.

According to the PG, Willem Schalk Burger, the Manager of Sky-Way in Swakopmund, confirmed that the truck and trailer have been allotted to an worker, Shilongo, who had labored for the corporate for a few yr. The truck was allotted to him when he began working on the firm, and he had been utilizing it since. All the corporate vans are put in with trackers, which he screens.

“He (Burger) decided to check the tracker for the truck and trailer, and he noticed that on 7 December 2023, the truck was in Walvis Bay all day. The truck was mostly parked at State House Crescent, and on 8 December 2023, the truck went to the Husab Mine. He further noticed that on 25 January 2024, the truck was at Namcor and from there it went to State House Crescent Street, where it parked for a few hours. The truck never went to Husab Mine on this day. He was not aware that the truck loaded diesel on 25 January 2024 and 7 December 2023. State House Crescent is not a delivery point for the company, and the company does not have a client in that area,” the PG stated.

She added that Nampol obtained Xmuti Investments’ FNB account statements. The account obtained whole deposits of N$683,170.51 from 1 February 2023 to 21 February 2024, and a major single deposit of N$677,790.00 was from NAMOPS’ FNB NAM.

“Mr Shilongo intentionally and unlawfully stole diesel from Namcor with the truck and trailer of Sky-Way under the pretence that the diesel was intended for the Husab Mine, both on 7 December 2023 and 25 January 2024. The diesel stolen by Mr Shilongo was thereafter fraudulently sold to Namops by Mr Malima (a worker for Erongo Petroleum CC) under the false pretence that it was being sold by Erongo Petroleum, while Mr Malima knew, when he provided Namops with an invoice from Xmuti Investments for payment, that the diesel was stolen from Namcor by Mr Shilongo, resulting in actual prejudice to Namcor, the owner of the diesel,” the PG stated.