Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A few weeks ago, Kenya’s newly elected President, William Ruto on his maiden trip to Dar es Salaam, congratulated Tanzania for joining the One Network Area. The One Network Area (ONA), is a regional framework mooted in 2014 where East African countries, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, …
Read More »CMI, ISO probe scam targeting 200 civil servants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security operatives from the military and Uganda Police Force are tracing fraudsters accused of conning more than 200 civil servants with promises of study opportunities abroad. The affected civil servants from various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies-MDAs have been receiving calls on landlines from people claiming …
Read More »Passport fraudsters persist despite covert security operations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For the past five weeks, the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC), has been deploying covert security operatives to arrest passport fraudsters operating in the Ministry of Internal Affairs but the vice persists. In fact close to 20 people, according to the Ministry of Internal …
Read More »Bank fraud: Shs2.7bn loan fraudsters named, expert warns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Jan.10, a local daily newspaper reported an incident in which a top bank in Uganda was conned Shs2.7bn in bogus loan scheme leading to some suspects getting arrested by the police. Gurijindeer Singh, who hails from Kolkata, the capital of India’s West Bengal state …
Read More »Three arrested for defrauding bank customer UGX 18 million
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three suspects are in police custody for conning a Centenary bank customer more than Shillings 18 million in dollar exchange scam in Kampala. Charles Twine, the Sspokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID identifies the suspects as Mpagi Denis, Akuli Umuru and a woman only identified as …
Read More »South Sudanese national loses US $350,000 in scam
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A South Sudan national has lost US$350,000 about Shillings one billion to fraudsters in the city suburbs of Munyonyo. Charles Twine, the Spokesperson of the Criminal investigations Department-CID, says the victim only identified as Malisa lost money in a fake dollar scam involving four fraudsters. …
Read More »Surveyors set up tele-platform to eliminate impostors and fraudsters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institution of Surveyors of Uganda has set up a tele-platform to isolate professional surveyors from impostors and fraudsters it accuses of messing up the sector. The platform uses free Unstructured Supplementary Service Data also known as USSD codes on all mobile telecommunications Networks in …
Read More »UNEB warns schools on fraudsters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board- UNEB has cautioned schools against fraudsters. UNEB officials say that they have received information from several whistle blowers and schools about being asked for large sums of money to stop their results from being withheld. The fraudsters are targeting both …
Read More »Fraudsters frustrating Sentema housing project-Buganda land board officials
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Land Board-BLB is blaming fraudsters for frustrating the proposed Sentama Low Cost Housing Project in Wakiso district. The project was launched last year as part of the Kingdom’s quest to uplift the living standards of Kabaka’s subjects. The project would see the construction of …
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