Botswana: Trio Appears for for False Pretense in Land Deal

Gaborone — Three men aged between 60 and 75 have been arraigned before regional magistrate court-South charged with one count of obtaining by false pretense, contrary to section 308 of the Penal Code (08.01) Laws of Botswana.

A news release from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) states that investigations conducted by DCEC revealed that the accused persons, Ntunyana Mokgatlhe, Phutego Kgotlang and Andrew Kgosimokgalo on January 14, 2015 in Kgope Village, acting together and in concert with the intent to defraud, obtained P6 000 from Kgosi Xolelo Japie by falsely pretending that Mokgatlhe is a land overseer for Kgope Village.

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