NDB swindler walks with suspended sentence

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FRANCISTOWN: Veronica Keitebetse, the young woman who swindled the National Development Bank (NDB) of almost P100 000 was yesterday given a suspended sentence by principal magistrate Dumisani Basupi.

The 24-year old was given three years in jail wholly suspended for two years on condition that she does not commit any offence that has an element of theft within that period.

Keitebetse was found guilty of swindling NDB of P97 000 in October 2011. The money increased to P122 000 after interest was added as at January 2015.

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