{"id":43983,"date":"2026-08-28T09:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43983"},"modified":"2026-08-28T09:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:17:32","slug":"malawi-police-detain-state-fuel-importer-executives-over-missing-millions","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/malawi-police-detain-state-fuel-importer-executives-over-missing-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi police detain state fuel importer executives over missing millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Malawi have arrested two senior executives from the state-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) over their alleged involvement in the fraudulent transfer of 700 million Malawian Kwacha ($403 000) belonging to the entity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suspects have been identified as Miklas Reuben, NOCMA\u2019s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, and Thokozani Jacob Sesani, the Senior Operations Manager.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Malawi Police Service Spokesperson Superintendent Alfred Chimthere, the funds were fraudulently diverted to a bank account in Mozambique under the pretext of settling fuel loading and clearance fees at the ports of Beira and Nacala. The transaction, executed in April, was initially presented by NOCMA as a cyber-fraud incident involving intercepted email communications and forged vendor details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent law enforcement inquiries led to the apprehension of the two senior officials, who now face potential charges including negligence by a public officer in preserving public funds and abuse of office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are continuing to trace the transaction flow while preparing the suspects for their initial court appearance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23505,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-43983","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Two senior NOCMA executives arrested over $403 000 fraud scandal in Malawi","published_date":"2026-08-28 09:15:47","news_description":"Two senior NOCMA executives arrested over $403 000 fraud scandal in Malawi","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43984,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43983\/revisions\/43984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}