Acacia employees fined Sh69m in tax evasion case
Financial Standard
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Reuters
| Jun 23, 2020
Three employees of Acacia Mining, a former Barrick Gold unit, have been released from jail in Tanzania after paying 1.5 billion Tanzanian shillings (Sh68.8 million) in compensation for tax evasion, a prosecutor told Reuters on Wednesday.
Deodatus Mwanyika, Alex Lugendo and Assa Mwaipopo had been imprisoned since October 2018 when Tanzanian authorities charged three of Acacia’s local subsidiaries with dozens of offences, including money laundering and tax evasion.
The three pleaded guilty to tax evasion. All other charges were dropped, said state prosecutor Wankyo Simon, who worked on the case at Kisutu Resident Magistrates’ Court in Dar es Salaam. Under a plea bargain deal, they paid a total of 1.5 billion Tanzanian shillings in compensation, and an additional fine of 1.5 million Tanzanian shillings each to avoid a further four months’ jail time.
“We are proud that the three have paid compensation to the government,” Simon said. “We encourage all people in the country to keep on paying tax instead of evading.”
Barrick, which bought out Acacia Mining last year, declined to comment when asked about the release, which took place last Tuesday.
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