An individual is being held at the PRM's 8th Police Station in Maputo City, accused of computer fraud. According to the spokesman for the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) in the country's capital, Hilário Lole, the accused created a page on a social network, where he posed as a representative of a company that imports cars,...
After the adjournment on August 1, on Monday, August 5, 2024, the 5th Section of the Maputo City Court held a session to take evidence in the context of Precautionary Proceeding number 40/24- U, brought by a group of students from the Higher Institute of Science and Technology of Maputo....
An employee of the Chimoio Provincial Hospital (HPC) in Manica has been arrested on charges of swindling more than ten citizens out of around 600,000 meticais. The suspect, whose name could not be identified, has been in custody since last Thursday (18). He is accused of demanding money with the promise of...
The owner of Tropigália, Adolfo Manuel da Silva Correia, 60, is being held in Maputo's Civil Prison for allegedly swindling large sums of money from a foreign citizen, a source from the Attorney General's Office (PGR) confirmed to MZNews today. Adolfo Correia's arrest comes after the Attorney General's Office...
In 2013, the government took out a debt of 47 million US dollars with the Exim Bank of India to build 1,200 houses, but the project never got off the ground, with a repayment of 1.75% over 22 years, or 18,095,000 dollars. The provinces of Tete, Cabo Delgado and Manica should...
A public procurement process at the Housing Development Fund (FFH) caused a loss of 14 million US dollars for the state, the Center for Public Integrity (CIP) revealed today. In 2013, the state received a loan of 47 million US dollars from the Exim Bank of India for the construction of 1,200...
Mozambique's Tax Authority is considering taking diplomatic action to ensure that the state recovers more than 239 million dollars in taxes evaded by Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto. The multinational is alleged to have sold its coal assets in Tete at a price far below the acquisition value and the...
Mozambique's National Communications Institute (INCM), the sector's regulator, has announced that the country registers an average of more than 5,000 cases of cell phone scams and fraud every month. According to the INCM, these are scams through which malicious people pose as bank account managers or mobile phone...
More than five economic agents have been victims of extortion by false inspectors from the National Inspectorate of Economic Activities and the Directorate of Labor in the last three months in Tete province. The highest incidences of fraud are in the cities of Tete, Moatize and the district headquarters of Changara. The authorities in the province have yet to...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered Toyota to pay a fine of 60 million dollars for misleading customers in the United States. According to the international press, Toyota employees added extra products to the contracts of customers who bought cars via leasing without them asking for them, i.e. without the...