{"id":13697,"date":"2022-01-14T21:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T21:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison"},"modified":"2022-01-14T21:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T21:14:13","slug":"cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison","title":{"rendered":"Cashgate convict Lutepo out of prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for money laundering and conspiracy to defraud government of K4.2 billion, has been released from prison after completing his jail term.<\/p>\n<p>Lutepo was handed the sentence in 2015 and he has been released from Chichiri Prison today as he has completed his sentence. The release has since attracted reactions on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Lutepo had done his time. He has paid his dues to society. He is now out am told. He is surrounded by family. They were there at the very beginning and have stood by him,\u201d said lawyer Khumbo Soko.<\/p>\n<p>Some social media users have used the release to show support to the proposal by Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda to offer amnesty to people suspected of corruption in a bid to recover money which was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLutepo is out after serving jail term since 2015\u2026He is still using a very good car. He is now free to use the money which he defrauded the govt. AG is right\u2026 These people have just to pay back our monies,\u201d said a social media user. Lutepo used to be a member of the People\u2019s Party when it was a ruling party between 2012 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested in 2013 on suspicion of receiving money from the government through ghost companies that provided no state services. The practice was repeated across several government departments where businesspersons connived with public officers to steal money. Over K24 billion was siphoned from the government purse in what is known as cashgate.<\/p>\n<p>Lutepo was aged 37 when he was sentenced to 11 years after he pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiring to defraud the government and money laundering. Reports indicate that his assets were confiscated following his conviction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for money laundering and conspiracy to defraud government of K4.2 billion, has been released from prison after completing his jail term. Lutepo was handed the sentence in 2015 and he has been released from Chichiri Prison today as he has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,9],"tags":[233,371,2406,300,234,3812,2510],"class_list":["post-13697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-cashgate","tag-corruption","tag-malawi","tag-oswald-lutepo","tag-prisons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cashgate convict Lutepo out of prison - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for money laundering and conspiracy to defraud g ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cashgate convict Lutepo out of prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for money laundering and conspiracy to defraud g ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-14T21:05:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-14T21:14:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/img-61e1e785240fc.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"531\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Cashgate convict Lutepo out of prison\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-14T21:05:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-14T21:14:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison\"},\"wordCount\":309,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/img-61e1e785240fc.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Cashgate\",\"corruption\",\"Malawi\",\"Oswald Lutepo\",\"Prisons\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cashgate-convict-lutepo-out-of-prison\",\"name\":\"Cashgate convict Lutepo out of prison - 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