The army has alerted the public over an an ongoing scam by unscrupulous fraudsters claiming to be mobilizing financial support to bail out the Chief of Military Intelligence (CMI) Maj Gen Abel Kandiho.
The fraudsters according to UPDF spokesperson Brig. Flavia Byekwaso are soliciting money in the wake of the questionable sanctions put on Kandiho by the Government of the United States of America.
“Two (02) such cases have so far been registered and are under forensic investigation. The two fraudsters have allegedly obtained money by false pretences from unsuspecting friends of Maj Gen Abel Kandiho and members of the public,” said Byekwaso.
Last month the US government slapped financial sanctions on Gen Kandiho over alleged human rights violation.
Kandiho however, responded saying he was not bothered and is too occupied with more important work.
He cautioned the American government against creating more enemies than existing allies.
“The public is hereby put on urgent notice of this fraud/scam and encouraged to report any such further attempts by the said scammers/fraudsters to security or Law Enforcement Agencies, as soon as they suspect any,” Byekwaso added.
