Africa-Press – Tanzania. FIVE members of one family appeared before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday charged with three counts of conspiracy and forgery of signature of a person, who is suspected to be their father in transfer of a piece of land.
Before the Dar es Salaam Court, were Said Ally Athuman (40), an Engineer residing at Upanga, Tufaa Ally Athuman (42), a businesswoman staying at Ilala, Fatuma Ally Athuman (35), a housewife living at Mwananyamala and Amal Ally Athuman (32), an Evaluation Officer also staying at Mwananyamala.
They were charged alongside Nimeet Ally Athuman, whose personal particulars were not disclosed. They denied the charges before Senior Resident Magistrate Joseph Lwambano and were released on bail on simple one bail condition.
The magistrate ordered the accused persons to be bailed out on condition of each securing two reliable sureties. The case was adjourned to August 11, 2021, for mention, as investigations into the matter, according to State Attorney Neema Mushi, for prosecution, are not complete. Prosecuting, the trial attorney told the court that on different dates in August 2016 at Lumumba Street in Ilala District in the city, all accused persons conspired to commit an offence of forgery.
The court heard that within the same period and place, with intent to deceive, the accused person allegedly forged a signature of Ally Athuman in the transfer of ownership of land, purporting to show that it was genuinely issued by him, a fact which it was false.
Meanwhile, an Accountant with the International Organization for Migration, Frank Mahelela, was brought before the same court accused of fraud and stealing 156,000 US dollars, equivalent to 358,800,000/-, by servant.
He denied the charges of stealing by agent, forgery, uttering false documents and impersonation before Principal Resident Magistrate Rita Tarimo and the case comes today for bail consideration.
The prosecution, led by State Attorney Ester Martin, told the court that investigations are incomplete. It is alleged that between May 28 and September 30, 2019 at the International Organization for Migration in Masaki area within Kinondoni District, being an accountant, Mahelela stole the 150,000 US dollars, which came into his possession by virtue of his employment.
The court was told that within the same period in Dar es Salaam, with intent to defraud or deceive, the accused forged a voter’s identity card with the name of Airi Asa Salaam by falsely pretending that it was genuinely issued by the National Electoral Commission, while it was false. It is alleged that on May 28, 2019 at Azania Bank, Masdo Branch within Ilala District in Dar es Salaam City, with intent to defraud or deceive, the accountant uttered the identity card in question to Wahida Abubakar Jambia, a customer service officer at the bank.
The prosecution told the court further that on the same day at the bank within Ilala District, the accused person represented himself to the bank officer as Airi Asa Salaam, the fact he knew to be untrue.
