{"id":13679,"date":"2026-01-09T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/13679\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:23:10","slug":"alleged-mastermind-in-prosecutor-attack-defrauded-sanlam-of-n1-2-million-the-police-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/13679\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged mastermind in prosecutor attack defrauded Sanlam of N$1.2 million \u2013 the police – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abner Mateus, who is accused of planning the attack on Ondangwa prosecutor Justine Shiweda from police holding cells, is accused of defrauding Sanlam Namibia of N$1.2 million in 2020.<\/p>\n

Investigating officer detective chief inspector Antonius Gabriel disclosed this while testifying in the bail application of medical doctor Fillemon Nakanduungile at the Ondangwa Magistrate\u2019s Court on Friday.<\/p>\n

Gabriel told the court that the money was paid out after a woman identified as Claudia, acting on Mateus\u2019 instructions, submitted a sickness claim to Sanlam.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no real sickness. They used a diagnosis report and manipulated it into a sickness claim. The claim was successful,\u201d Gabriel said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the money was paid by Sanlam, accused two (Mateus) instructed Claudia to distribute it to various people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Gabriel, N$200 000 was paid to Nakanduungile, N$400 000 to Mateus\u2019 cousin, Israel Shikongo, while N$190 000 remained with Claudia.<\/p>\n

Gabriel testified that another amount was paid to a fourth person whose name he could not recall.<\/p>\n

He later stated that N$80 000 from the N$400 000 paid to Shikongo was transferred to Nakanduungile\u2019s daughter, Maria\u2019s bank account.<\/p>\n

Nakanduungile allegedly withdrew the money and handed it over to another person.<\/p>\n

The money was allegedly meant for a complainant in another criminal case linked to Mateus, which Gabriel said is the reason Mateus is in custody.<\/p>\n

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