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A man, who has been defrauding Mobile Money agents in Nyanza District, has been arrested.
Jean de Dieu Ntahobavukiye, 30, was arrested red-handed on Saturday while attempting to con a Mobile Money agent of Rwf100, 000 in Nyanza Village, Nyanza Cell of Busasamana Sector.
Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Sylvestre Twajamahoro, the Police spokesperson for the Southern region, said that Ntahobavukiye had previously twice defrauded the same Mobile Money agent of combined Rwf150, 000.
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“In September last year, Ntahobavukiye conned the same victim of Rwf110, 000 more Rwf40, 000 later in December,” CIP Twajamahoro explained.
“He would go to the agent to withdraw money from his mobile account, and would instead edit any previous transaction message, which he was sending to the agent as an SMS. This is the same trick he tried to use for the third time but this time the agent was vigilant to notice that it was just an edited SMS and to recognize his for the previous fraudulent acts,” he added.
CIP Twajamahoro called for vigilance against people, who are engaged in these fraudulent schemes, and information sharing on such criminals.
Article 174 of the penal code states: “Any person who, by deception, obtains another person’s property, whole or part of his/her finance by use of false names or qualifications, or who offers positive promises or who threatens of future misfortunes, commits an offense.
Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years and not more than three years, and a fine of not less than Rwf3 million and not more than Rwf5 million.”
