Barclays ATM chief arrested
Sep 29, 2008
A senior Barclays Bank manager has been arrested over a sh70m fraud, the latest in a spate of bank crimes.
By Steven Candia
A senior Barclays Bank manager has been arrested over a sh70m fraud, the latest in a spate of bank crimes.
David Tiromwe, 29, the Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) operations manager, was arrested last week from the bank’s head office in Kampala. By yesterday, he was still being held at Kampala Central Police Station (CPS).
Addressing journalists at CPS yesterday, Kampala Police spokesperson Simeo Nsubuga said Tiromwe was arrested over “theft of the bank’s moneyâ€.
In the scam that has been running since June last year, Nsubuga said more than sh73m had been lost.
“Money was transferred from the suspense account to his personal account over time, totalling sh73m,†Nsubuga said.
The arrest comes days after the Police foiled an attempted robbery of sh5b from Stanbic Bank Garden City Branch in Kampala.
Six suspects, including city businessman Justus Kashoma, were arrested. Two security personnel were also held, one of them a guard to former health minister Jim Muhwezi.
Meanwhile, the Police has arrested seven prison warders for faking discharge certificates so as to facilitate their departure to Iraq as security guards.
The warders were Sgt. David Ogwang, Cpl. Charles Juma, James Namuluya, Musa Wayiba, all attached to Luzira Prisons, Henry Okurut of Mbarara regional headquarters, James Afayo of Mubuku prison, and Nicholas Biryaboneka of Rwimi Prison in Kasese.
The seven will be charged with desertion.
Nsubuga warned private firms against recruiting serving officers. “It is illegal to recruit any serving officer and this may provide a ground for cancellation of their licence.â€
A senior Barclays Bank manager has been arrested over a sh70m fraud, the latest in a spate of bank crimes.
David Tiromwe, 29, the Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) operations manager, was arrested last week from the bank’s head office in Kampala. By yesterday, he was still being held at Kampala Central Police Station (CPS).
Addressing journalists at CPS yesterday, Kampala Police spokesperson Simeo Nsubuga said Tiromwe was arrested over “theft of the bank’s moneyâ€.
In the scam that has been running since June last year, Nsubuga said more than sh73m had been lost.
“Money was transferred from the suspense account to his personal account over time, totalling sh73m,†Nsubuga said.
The arrest comes days after the Police foiled an attempted robbery of sh5b from Stanbic Bank Garden City Branch in Kampala.
Six suspects, including city businessman Justus Kashoma, were arrested. Two security personnel were also held, one of them a guard to former health minister Jim Muhwezi.
Meanwhile, the Police has arrested seven prison warders for faking discharge certificates so as to facilitate their departure to Iraq as security guards.
The warders were Sgt. David Ogwang, Cpl. Charles Juma, James Namuluya, Musa Wayiba, all attached to Luzira Prisons, Henry Okurut of Mbarara regional headquarters, James Afayo of Mubuku prison, and Nicholas Biryaboneka of Rwimi Prison in Kasese.
The seven will be charged with desertion.
Nsubuga warned private firms against recruiting serving officers. “It is illegal to recruit any serving officer and this may provide a ground for cancellation of their licence.â€