Susmita Chaulagain reports:
A Ugandan court on Wednesday charged nine senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development over their alleged involvement in corruption, electronic fraud, and money laundering in connection with a hacking incident that led to a financial loss of at least $21 million from the country’s central bank.
The hacking occurred last year and involved redirecting some payments from its intended beneficiary to different recipients, according to the charges read in a magistrate’s court in the capital Kampala.
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