Convict Carter Morupisi has, in his most recent court papers, cited the same vehicle for which he was convicted of obtaining through corruption as part of his expenses in mitigation.
The Gaborone High Court in 2022 convicted the former Permanent Secretary to the President on three counts of corruption and money laundering. Morupisi was charged for his role in the Capital Management Botswana (CMB) corruption scandal, which robbed the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) of hundreds of millions of Pula.
Delivering judgment, Judge Mokwadi Gabanagae found that Morupisi received valuable interest in the form of a Toyota Land Cruiser pickup from CMB valued at R630, 988.99.
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