OTJIWARONGO – Two male employees of the North Central Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored) at Otjiwarongo were arrested yesterday morning on allegations of fraudulent activities and forgery.

 Namibian Police head of community affairs in the Otjozondjupa region, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha in an interview with Nampa yesterday said the suspects, aged 43 and 50, will appear in court on Wednesday.

 She said the two are linked to a fraud syndicate, which operated at Cenored between 2021 and 2022, where several company managers were implicated and suspended.

 “Some of them have returned to work, while the 36-year-old Mateus Fungo, suspected to be the key figure in the fraud, resigned from the company in 2023,” said Mbeha.

 Fungo was arrested in April this year, and appeared before the Otjiwarongo Magistrate’s Court.

 He represented himself, and informed the court he would bring along a private lawyer during his next court appearances.

 According to the charge-sheet seen by Nampa on 4 April 2024, Fungo was employed as a system administrator, and allegedly played a role in defrauding Cenored of about N$12 million between September 2021 and December 2022.

 In January 2023, he resigned from Cenored, and started running his private companies, which he established in areas of the Kavango East, Zambezi and Otjozondjupa regions, stated the court document.

 Fungo was released on N$5 000 bail.  Police investigations continue. -Nampa