Rev. Kishoka
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Haya bado inaelekea Tanzania na hasa BOT hawajawekwa sheria kali kuhusu fedha na uhamishaji na upokeaji wa fedha!
Halafu angalia, wanaofanya uchunguzi na msako ni Polisi na si kamati maalumu ya Raisi wa Korea!
Halafu angalia, wanaofanya uchunguzi na msako ni Polisi na si kamati maalumu ya Raisi wa Korea!
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]THISDAY REPORTER & AGENCIES
Dar es Salaam
POLICE in South Korea have busted a massive financial scam that involved the theft of more than $30m on (approx. 40bn/-) illegally transferred to bank accounts in several countries, including Tanzania.
So far, three Nigerians have been arrested for allegedly obtaining millions of dollars from Citibank with a forged document.
Latest media reports from Seoul, the South Korea capital, say the suspects stashed away some of the stolen funds in Tanzanian bank accounts.
South Korea police said the suspects were caught on Monday in the Yongsan District of Seoul, following a tip-off from a local bank employee as they tried to withdraw money from a bank account. It had been frozen at Citibanks request.
In August this year, the arrested Nigerians allegedly sent a forged payment request from the Ethiopian central bank to Citibank in New York.
They fraudulently instructed the bank to transfer more than $30m to bank accounts in several countries, including South Korea itself, China and Tanzania.
Citibank apparently transferred most of the money, including nine billion won ($6.4m) sent to four local banks in Seoul, Detective Jung Hyun-Soo at Yongsan police station told reporters in South Korea.
It was unclear whether money was withdrawn from the beneficiary accounts in other countries, including Tanzania.
Of the nine billion won transferred to South Korea, police said the Nigerians had already withdrawn eight billion and were detained while trying to obtain the remaining one billion.
Han Jeong, a senior police officer at Yongsan, told reporters in Seoul that the Nigerians had already handed over most of the eight billion won to unspecified Ethiopians.
After belatedly discovering that the documents had been forged, Citibank notified the Korean banks, Han said.
Two of the suspects were in South Korea on business visas while a third was an illegal immigrant. Their names were withheld by the South Korean police.
Were working closely with police in their investigation, a Citibank Korea spokeswoman said.
Police said Citibank officials told them that the forged document looked authentic and had the signatures of the Ethiopian central bank governor and directors.
The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Commissioner of Police Robert Manumba, said police were not immediately aware of the transfer of the stolen funds to Tanzania.
Police could not immediately confirm which Tanzanian bank received the stolen funds, nor establish the exact amount of money sent to the country.
We do not have details on that matter, but will immediately contact INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization) in order to get more information on the alleged international banking scam, he told THISDAY in an interview.
He said the Tanzania Police Force was ready to co-operate with INTERPOL and authorities in South Korea to establish the whereabouts of the illegal funds sent to the country. [/FONT]
