Christian Muderhwa who has been masquerading as marketing director of Digital Money Ltd via the internet has been arrested in Kampala.
Muderhwa via his online fraudulent tricks has made many people cry foul after losing their hard earned pennies to him.
Kouame Leger, an Ivorian national is one of the few people who have survived Muderhwa’s tricks when he met him via WhatsApp group for western Africans and convinced him to invest $5,000 which was about 18.5 million shillings in Uganda currency.
But like any inquisitive person, Kouame asked Muderhwa to explain the location of Digital Money Ltd.
In response, Muderhwa informed Kouame that the company is located in Uganda’s capital Kampala. Armed with Muderhwa’s information about the location of the company, Kouame flew into Uganda and successfully located Digital Money Ltd offices.
He went ahead to meet the company’s director, Martin Orena, who informed him that Christian Muderhwa has never been the company’s employ nor its agent.
Police Spokesperson for the Kampala metropolitan area, Patrick Onyango, said Orena reported the case to police and Muderhwa was lured to travel from The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Uganda where he was arrested.
“He was arrested for impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence. He is currently detained at CPS Kampala and we are working on his file,” Onyango said.
Orena has explained that even before Kouame survived being duped, he had been receiving complaints from his clients that there’s a Congolese national who claims to be his staff.
“His arrest will serve as a lesson to others who want to spoil our business,” Orena said.
A number of people have lost money to online fraudsters. They usually target unsuspecting business clients or youth desperately searching for jobs. Some of the people arrested over online fraud in the recent past is Charles Lubangakene Lwanga who was arrested for cheating more than 20 girls with online job opportunities.