DFCU BANK: THERE WAS FRAUD IN OUR SYSTEM

By Our Reporter

In Kampala

Dfcu bank in its official statement on Monday accepted it detected signs of fraud in its system in May where billions of shillings were withdrawn by hackers who had internal collaborators.

The bank in a statement said investigations were on-going and urged its clients and depositors to stay put.

According to a police bond that www.mknewslink.com has seen, one of the suspects identified as Braise Ombuze and was charged with the offense of Electronic Fraud and Theft under a reference Vide CID HQTRS GEF 604/2019.

Braise had been detained at CID head offices in Kibuli Kampala.

The police bond dated June 29 instructs Mr. Braise to appear at Kibuli on July 1, at 10 am for reporting.

“And continue to attend until otherwise directed by court further to answer to the said charge,” the police bond reads in part.

The suspect was bailed out by two sureties, Ambrose Belisya and a one Esther.

Braise is among six suspects who breached DFCU’s system and accessed customers’ information.

$2.6M depositors’ money has since been stolen.

We learnt that the masterminds breached some accounts in Kampala late last month and accessed the cash.

Earlier reports suggested the crime was executed by four junior staff and two outsiders.

However, detectives handling the matter declined to divulge details to the media insisting there is neither case nor suspects in their custody.

Sources had previously said that the hackers first accessed shs700 million through ATMs.

The hackers cracked the bank’s system and started using “old unauthorized ATM cards” allegedly belonging to a number of pseudo customers “created by these hackers.

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