A fraudster was arrested on Wednesday after attempting to withdraw 2.6 million Uganda shillings from a Western Union branch belonging to Centenary Bank, in Kampala. The fraudster had earlier on tried to withdraw the money from Western Union,Diamond Trust Bank. However when the staff refused to pay him because of his identity card not being acceptable, he proceeded to another Western Union branch where he thought he would be more successful. One of the tellers however noticed that the identity card he presented was fake and immediately raised the alarm.
The fraudster was found in possession of two church IDs and two driving licenses with different names. He had allegedly withdrawn 7.9million which was not his on January 31 from a Western Union Branch.