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IPP unearths fraudsters on the loose
2006-05-18 09:18:02
By Guardian Reporter
IPP Group of companies has unearthed a syndicate that has forged its company name in an attempt to secure a 60bn/- grant from the UNAIDS programme.
Forged documents titled Tanzania Home-Based Care Services Centre and An Application for a Grant of Sh60 Billion belong to a person or persons in an unknown organisation calling itself Reginald Mengi Community Services, the alleged implementers of the project.
A statement issued in Dar es Salaam yesterday by IPP Ltd corporate counsel Agapitus Nguma, said: ’’In the grant application, bank account number 045103000254 is quoted.’’
He said the company had obtained a photocopy of a bank statement of account No 045103000254 that was allegedly opened at the Corporate Branch of NBC Limited, Dar es Salaam, in the name of Reginald Mengi Community Care.
’’The statement shows a debit of 39,939,866,333/- and a total credit of 41,552,733,874/- within a period of eight months,’’ he said.
Reginald Mengi is the Executive Chairman of IPP Limited.
According to Nguma, Mengi does not run an organisation in the name of Reginald Mengi Community Services and he has never applied for a grant from UNAIDS for a project called Tanzania Home-Based Care Services Centre or for any other project at all.
Besides, he said, Mengi is not aware of and/or has never opened a bank account or any other account with NBC Limited at its Corporate Branch in the name of Reginald Mengi Community Care.
’’Needless to say,’’ the statement added, ”the person or persons who forged these documents do not mean well.
Their actions do appear to be part a of recently intricately orchestrated plot to tarnish the reputation of Mr Mengi for reasons only known to them or point to their engagement in highly fraudulent actions and other criminal activities,’’ Nguma said.
The official, said the matter had already been reported to the UNAIDS office in the country for investigations and identification of the person or persons involved.
The aim is to check if they have received such an application from the forger or forgers for a grant and to report the matter to the police, he said.
’’We have also reported the bank account issue to the management of the NBC Limited for investigations and identification of the person or persons who opened and are operating the said bank account, if it exists at all,’’ Nguma said.
The Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI), has also been informed, according to the statement.
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