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Two employees of Ngenda Health Center in Nyamagabe district were on Thursday arrested for allegedly forging and issuing health insurance – Mutuelle de Sante – receipts.
David Munyabarame and Sonia Tuyisenge were arrested on August 13 following information provided by one of the victims.
They are currently detained at Musange Police Station as investigations continue.
The suspects were allegedly soliciting money from people and issuing them with forged receipts. At the time of their arrest, they had conned people of Rwf165, 500, whom they issued forged receipts, Police said.
Southern Region Police Spokesperson, Chief Supt. Hubert Gashagaza, said the duo was arrested red-handed issuing similar forged receipts, after police trailed them following a report on their illegal acts.
The suspects, who confessed to the crime, narrated that they already issued forged receipts to sick families, but bagged to be pardoned arguing that they will refund the victims.
“It’s very disturbing to know that the people who should be protecting the interest of people are the same people extorting and issuing forged documents,” CSP Gashagaza said.
He appealed to the public to always verify documents given to them and be quick to report in case they sense anything messy.
Under article 611 of the penal code, if a public servant or any person in charge of public service counterfeits a document in the exercise of his or her duties, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of seven to ten years and a fine of between Rwf500, 000 and Rwf5 million.
