Daniel Ndagijimana, who has been guising as ‘Chief Inspector of Police Yves Babu’, Christian Ngirimana and Mussa Ndagijimana were paraded before the media on Monday at Kigali Metropolitan Police.<\/p>\n
Daniel Ndagijimana is said to be the ringleader, who recruited Ngirimana, Mussa and another accomplice still at large, into the scam.<\/p>\n
RNP spokesperson, Commissioner of Police (CP) John Bosco Kabera said that the arrest of the trio followed complaints filed by several victims.<\/p>\n
At least eight people have since come forward claiming to have been defrauded by the trio.<\/p>\n
\u201cBetween August and December this year, Police received complaints from several people, who were defrauded with promises of giving them driver’s licence, and the name CIP Yves Babu was a common denominator in all the complaints,\u201d CP Kabera said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring investigations, Police managed to apprehend Daniel Ndagijimana, who was impersonating CIP Yves Babu; Ndagijimana provided names of other members of his group including Christian Ngirimana and Mussa Ndagijimana, who were also located and arrested,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
{{How they scammed people}}<\/p>\n
Daniel Ndagijimana, who admitted to the crime, said that he started this scam in February this year when he also recruited his accomplices.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would go to different sites where driver\u2019s license tests are done, get names of the targets and seek their help with a phone to make an urgent call and in the process, you make a flash call on own line so as to get contacts of your target,\u201d Ndagijimana explained.<\/p>\n
He further narrated that with particulars and contacts, they would call their targets posing as Police officers informing them that they had failed the tests but request for money so as to help them get the permit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI chose to guise as CIP Yves Babu because, on most sites where we went, he would be there supervising the driving licence tests, which would sound real in the ears of our targets,\u201d Ndagijimana said<\/p>\n
According to Ndagijimana, he got help from Mussa to acquire CIP Yves Babu\u2019s SIM-card, which is one of the SIM-cards they were using to defraud different people.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe used four SIM-cards for four different people,\u201d said Ndagijimana. Although Mussa denied knowing Ndagijimana and Ngirimana, the later said that he introduced him (Mussa) to the former and helped them to acquire SIM-cards for different people including the one of CIP Yves Babu.<\/p>\n
According to Ndagijimana, most of their victims were targeted in Gasabo, Nyagatare, Bugesera, Gicumbi and Huye districts. At least Rwf800, 000 was conned from five people in Gasabo and Gicumbi districts, he said.<\/p>\n
One of the victims from Nduba in Gasabo, who requested not to be named, told the media that Ndagijimana, who called her back in June guising as \u2018Calixte Twagiramungu\u2019, defrauded her of Rwf300, 000.<\/p>\n
\u201cI first sent him Rwf250, 000 on Mobile Money and Rwf50, 000 later when he sent me a crafted message that my driver\u2019s license was ready for pick-up and requested to be refunded the money he used to declare it. I got to know that I was conned when the same message was sent to many other people, some of them my friends,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Another victim identified as Jean de la Croix Mushimiyimana also said that he was defrauded of Rwf95, 000 and his two other friends conned of combined Rwf250, 000.
\nMushimiyimana said he sold his calf so as to raise the money, which has since brought conflicts with his wife.<\/p>\n
CP Kabera cautioned members of the public, who \u201ctake criminal shortcuts\u201d ending up falling prey.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany people have been scammed through different tricks. We remind the public that the whole process of acquiring a driver\u2019s licence is done individually\u2026 anyone telling you that he will help you, either calling themselves Police officers, are trying to defraud you and should be reported on 997 (Anti-corruption toll-free line) or other known Police communication channels,\u201d CP Kabera said.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThese are criminals tarnishing the image of the Police; be it a Police officer or any other member of the public, we appeal to Rwandans to report them whenever they see or suspect them to be engaged in criminal activities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fraud, deception, obtaining another person\u2019s property by use of false names or qualifications, is punishable with an imprisonment term of two to three years and a fine of between Rwf3 million and Rwf5 million, as stipulated under article 174 of the penal code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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