{"id":7013,"date":"2025-01-13T10:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T07:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vol.co.ug\/?p=7013"},"modified":"2025-01-13T10:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T07:46:05","slug":"kole-district-leaders-vow-to-crack-down-on-teacher-embroiled-in-bank-fraud-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vol.co.ug\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/kole-district-leaders-vow-to-crack-down-on-teacher-embroiled-in-bank-fraud-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kole district leaders vow to crack down on teacher embroiled in Bank Fraud scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/vol.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000734579.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vol.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000734579.jpg 762w, https:\/\/vol.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000734579-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Francis Ogwal<\/em> <em>detained at Lira central police station <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Editorial (editor@vol.co.ug)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kole<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kole district leaders have warned of taking serious action against a primary school teacher arrested on suspicion of being involved in a bank fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, police from Lira City Central Police Station initiated an investigation into Ogwal Francis, a primary school teacher from Kole, who is accused of participating in fraudulent activities at the Equity Bank branch in Lira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Security officials from Citadel Towers and Equity Bank apprehended Ogwal, 39, on allegations that he colluded with some bank staff to illegally obtain loans for civil servants without their knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ogwal said that he was contacted by a credit manager from Post Bank Uganda, who instructed him to open a bank account at Equity Bank in someone else&#8217;s name. He was later asked to withdraw money from this account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ogwal stated that the same person later requested he opens another account at Equity Bank, but his attempt was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, Ogwal returned to the bank after the credit officer convinced him that he would be assisted in opening a new account by someone, only to be arrested during the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick Jimmy Okema, the North Kyoga Region police spokesperson, confirmed that Ogwal remains in police custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the suspect is being questioned in connection with a withdrawal of 26.3 million shillings on October 18, 2023, from the account of Obong Ronald at Equity Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Okema added that several people have recorded statements implicating Ogwal, and one individual, Arinaitwe, is suspected of being involved in the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denis Obol, the Kole district secretary for education and health, called for a thorough investigation into the matter and stated that the district will take serious action against Ogwal once the investigation is complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Editorial (editor@vol.co.ug) Kole Kole district leaders have warned of taking serious action against a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82,60],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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