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DCEC wants BPOPF ‘heist’ saga finalised

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Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) is eagerly awaiting an extradition ruling to bring Tim Marsland back into the country and have him face charges for his alleged role in the country’s biggest pension “heist,” where an estimated P200 million remains unaccounted for.

Marsland, the founding director of Capital Management Botswana (CMB), is wanted in Botswana to face charges of money laundering, corruption and fraud related to the management of a P500 million investment mandate from the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF).

Nabbed on an Interpol red notice in July 2019 while en-route to Germany, Marsland spent three years in jail, fighting tooth and nail against extradition to Botswana.

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