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The Village Magistrate Court has convicted attorneys Lyndon Mothusi and Hebert Sikhakhane of financial crimes ranging from conspiracy to defraud government, fraud and money laundering.

Other organisations that the two attempted to defraud are Botswana Life Insurance Limited (BLIL) and Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVAF). They spent the weekend in jail and will be back in court on May 12 when sentence will be passed.

Deputy Registrar and Master of the High Court Nelson Bopa, who presided over the case when he was still a magistrate, said the state had proven beyond reasonable doubt that the two lawyers were guilty as charged. He was concluding the case that had dragged on in the court for four years.

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