Police in Lilongwe have arrested a 25-year-old man for theft of K18 million, money he squandered through playing multiple Premier Bet Navigator game while in his office, on Sunday, August 4, 2024.
According to Inspector Hastings Chigalu, Lilongwe Police public relations officer, the suspect who has been identified as Rodney Kandulu, was working at Area 3 Premier Bet office as a cashie
He comes from Bismark Village, Traditional Authority Kapeni in Blantyre District.
“On the said date at around 09:00 hours, the suspect, being one of the cashiers at Area 3 office, collected the said amount and started using the revenue to play Navigator betting game in order to generate his own profits without his company knowing.
“Upon being audited at around 12:00 hours, it is when he was found with a shortage of the said amount.
“A thorough grilling, and going through his cellphone, it was established that he used the money to play Premier Bet Navigator game in which he placed multiple bets of K1 million minimum, and K4.5 million maximum, for several times totaling to K18 million,” said Chigalu
Later, Area 3 police detectives were called in, who arrested the suspect.
He said during interrogation he voluntarily admitted to squander the cash through betting, and said he regretted to have done such a thing, saying he can not afford to pay back such a huge sum of money.
Rodney Kandulu (suspect), is expected to appear in court soon to answer a case of Theft by Servant.
