Staff Reporter
HEIDI Boois, the former sales manager embroiled in the fraud and money laundering scandal of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), will have to spend a further two weeks in jail as lawyers seemingly delayed an application in which they sought to fight the validity of her arrest warrant, seeking a quick release.
Magistrate Olga Maharukua subsequently postponed the matter to 20 February 2026 for a formal bail application as well as for lawyers to bring forth an application in which they seek to challenge the validity of the warrant of arrest.
Boois, a former employee of Bank Windhoek, was arrested last weekend on suspicion of criminal involvement in the Namcor corruption and fraud case, and was added as the 12th accused by the State.
She faces charges of forgery and uttering, fraud and other counts in contravention of the Financial Intelligence Act, Anti-Corruption Act and Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA).
On the forgery count, the State alleges that, on 22 October 2022, the accused forged the signature of Hileni Itana on the account opening documents, including an extract from the minutes of a meeting of a board member of Quality Supplies, thus committing the crime of forgery and uttering. On the fraud count, the State alleges that the accused falsely and with intent to defraud gave out and pretended to Bank Windhoek that Hileni Itana from Quality Meat Supplies was present in the bank to open an account for the entity.
As a result, N$3.3 million was transferred from that account to the bank account of Cornelius Petrus Willemse and Panduleni Farming CC to the actual prejudice of Namcor.
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