Staff Reporter
HEIDI Boois, a sales manager from Bank Windhoek who was arrested as the 12th suspect in relation to the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) N$400 million fraud and corruption case, appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court.
Her lawyer, Kadhila Amoomo, indicated that they would bring an application before court to challenge the legality of her warrant of arrest, as it was allegedly defective.
Boois today appeared before the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on six counts, which include contravening section 21 of the Financial Intelligence Act, after she allegedly, on 22 October 2022, obtained from Victor Malima, a fugitive in the matter, the banking details of one Hileni Ithana to open a business account for Quality Meat Supplies CC, and that Ithana was not present at the time the bank account was opened and was unaware that an account was opened with her details.
APPEARING: Newly arrested suspect, Heidi Boois.
She also stands accused of contravening section 45 read with section 32 of the Anti-Corruption Act, in that on 22 October 2022 she entered into a dealing with Victor Malima whilst she was an employee at Bank Windhoek as a sales manager to open a bank account for Quality Meat Supplies, and that payments totalling N$3.3 million were made to the bank accounts of Cornelius Cedric Willemse, who was at the time employed by Namcor as the Manager of Supply and Logistics, as well as that of Panduleni Hamukwaya, who is married to ex-Namcor financial manager Jennifer Hamukwaya.
Boois is also charged with contravening section 5(a) of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, in that she knew or ought to have known that the monies deposited into the accounts she opened formed part of the proceeds of unlawful activity, and thus committed the offence of money laundering.
The state also slapped a charge of forgery and uttering, as Boois allegedly forged the signature of Hileni Ithana on the account opening. The last count includes a charge of fraud for the misrepresentation done during the opening of accounts in the name of Ithana.
The Namcor fraud and corruption case emanates from fraudulent credit and asset purchase deals which cost the state entity over N$400 million in losses.
The matter was postponed to 6 February 2026.
