Mozambique: FDA Fraud - Fictitious Projects Draining Milllions

Maputo — Joaquim Mazive, one of the 24 accused in the case of the fraud that syphoned 170 million meticais (about 2.9 million US dollars, at current exchange rates) from the Mozambican government's Agricultural Development Fund (FDA), on Friday denied that he had issued favourable opinions for fake livestock projects.

The prosecution alleges that Mazive was one of the FDA staff who, between 2012 and 2015, gave favourable technical opinions to projects approved by the then chairperson of the FDA, Setina Titosse, regarded as the mastermind behind the fraud.

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