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Tanzania: Two Energy Tycoons Charged Over Corruption Scandal
Daily News, 20 June 2017
Businessmen Rugemalira and Singh Sethi appear in court, facing six counts, including economic sabotage Read more »
The businessmen are facing six counts, including economic sabotage, over a multi-million-dollar graft scandal that led to the sacking of several top officials three years ago.
Businessmen James Rugemalira and Harbinder Singh Sethi (second and third left, respectively) in a police vehicle at Kisutu Resident Magistrate's court compound in Dar es Salaam.
They have been accused of allegedly receiving money to help facilitate the illegal transfer of funds from the central bank to private accounts. Read more »
This comes after the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee called on several high-ranking government officials to take responsibility for the Escrow saga. Read more »
This comes after a parliamentary sitting in November 2014 concluded that senior government officials had fraudulently authorised the transfer of public funds to a private company. Read more »
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