Court sentences accomplices, corrupt guys

Court sentences accomplices, corrupt guys

Addis Ababa, April 8 (WIC) – The First Instance Bench of the Federal High Court sentenced two corrupt guys and their accessories who were all employees of the Bole Sub-city kebele 14/15 on 16 March 2010 in connection with illegal land grab in the metropolis.
In a press release it sent to WIC, the Federal Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (FEACC) said that Almaz Kidane, Mahilet Amsalu and Geremew Tesfaye, who were all employees of the sub-city abused their power for personal gains.    
According to the Commission, the convicts connived with Hadra Habib and a certain Yalem Berhan Tesfaye in the preparation of a fake cadastral map and title deeds of urban land under the name of the latter two, who owned the land illegally through the conspiracy.   
 
According to the corruption charges the Commission brought against each of them, Almaz Kidane helped Yalem Berhan Tesfaye change his name unlawfully to illegally represent Hadra Habib in the appropriation of the land and Mahilet Amsalu was involved in the preparation of fake documents, confirming the illegal ownership of the grabbed land.
Geremew Tesfaye was also accused of providing one of the unlawful land grabbers with illegal identification cards.   

Yalem Berhan Tesfaye, Hadra Habib, Mahilet Amsalu, Geremew Tesfaye and Almaz Kidane had all failed to refute the corruption charges brought against them by the FEACC and were handed with rigorous imprisonment ranging from 1to 4 years and were ordered by the court to pay fines ranging between 300 and 6,000 birr.

 The FEACC urged the public to remain vigilant, keep a watchful eye on corrupt transactions, and report suspected corruption cases and improprieties to it immediately.