KAMPALA-UGANDA/NEWSDAY: Seven Tropical Bank staff have been remanded after charges of attempting to steal Shs.1bn from a client’s account were levelled against them.
The suspects were arrested on Wednesday by Col. Edith Nakalema’s State House Anti-corruption Unit from Kampala Road branch.
They were arraigned in the Anti-Corruption Court in Kololo on Wednesday on charges of Causing Financial Loss and Conspiracy to defraud their Bank of Sh.1 billion from a client’s account.
They include Kaggwa Michael a Sales Officer, Anguni Brian a Customs Service Officer, Nakyanzi Aisha Katongole the Senior Compliance Officer. Others are Imran Sadiq Hussein the Bank Relations Officer, Baiga Sarah Kakyamya the Branch Operations Supervisor, Nabonyene Abdu the Operations Branch Manager and Janer Zainab Ntaro the Chief Teller.
Prosecution led by David Mugamba alleged that in November 2021 at Tropical Bank Kampala Branch the accused persons while in performance of their duties conspired to defraud when they irregularly processed a payment of Shs. 1bn to a one Margret Nabbona.
The accused are said to have fraudulently attempted to pay Nabbona after fronting her as an administrator of the estate of a Libyan national Abdurezzagh Elmrabet.
The accused have been remanded to Kitalya until Tuesday December 14th, 2021 by
Grade One Magistrate Herbert Asiimwe. The seven however denied the charges.