Morupisi is charged with three counts of abuse of office, acceptance of bribe by a public officer and money laundering while the wife is charged with one count of money laundering. The offences are alleged to be in connection with the misappropriation of funds from the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF), the biggest pension fund in the country.
At the time the offences were allegedly committed, Morupisi was the chairperson of the fund's board and they are accused of using the pension fund for their own personal gain by buying a Toyota Land Cruiser for the wife’s company. Now, state and Morupisi will today make final submissions as the long trial comes to an end. According to the State that is gunning for a conviction for the pair, Morupisi laundered money between his account and a company called Manor Squad Services that purchased the vehicle on his behalf. The State alleges that there were many transactions that happened between an account held by Morupisi and Manor Squad. According to the description of the company, which was said to have received considerable amount from BPOPF and Capital Management Botswana (CMB), Manor Squad is registered in South Africa and at the time of the alleged offices one of its directors was Rapula Okaile, the former director of CMB.
