FORMER Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) employee, Deogratius Gerald Nyinge (35), appeared before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam yesterday charged with forging documents and obtaining credit of 20m/- by false pretences.
Nyinge, a resident of Yombo Vituka area in Temeke District, is alleged to have pretended to be an employee with the PCCB and that the bureau had guaranteed him to obtain such credit from CRDB Bank. He denied the charges before Principal Resident Magistrate Waliarwande Lema.
The accused person was granted bail on condition of securing two reliable sureties, who each signed a bond of 5m/-. The case was adjourned to April 28 for mention as investigations into the matter have not been completed.
Prosecuting, Senior State Attorney Hellen Moshi told the court that the accused person committed the offence between September 17 and 25, 2014 in the City of Dar es Salaam.
The court heard that at an unknown place within the city, with intent to defraud or deceive, Nyinge allegedly forged a letter of introduction dated September 17, 2014, purporting to show that it was written by one Zacharia Peter, acting for the PCCB Director General.
Such letter, according to the prosecution, introduced the accused person to CRDB Bank Branch Manager Water Front as an employee with PCCB.
It was alleged further that within the same period in the city, the accused person forged a guarantee and undertaking by PCCB, dated September 17, 2014, purportedly showing that the bureau had guaranteed him to the bank to secure the loan he had applied.
The prosecution alleged further that on September 25, 2014 at CRDB Bank, Water Front Branch in Dar es Salaam, in his bank account maintained at the bank, the accused person obtained the credit of 20m/-.
Nyinge, the prosecution alleged, falsely pretended that he was an employee with the PCCB, whose application for personal loan was guaranteed by his employer.
