Arrests continue in DRC finance scam
July 3, 2008

Kinshasa - More than ten people suspected of involvement in a huge financial scam in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been arrested since the end of June, police sources said Thursday.

The arrests were made in the capital Kinshasa as well as southeastern Lubumbashi and eastern Goma.

The scam involved an association named Dutch International which offered investments promising 38 percent interest. It was closed down by the country's reserve bank on June 24.

Reserve bank sources described the business as "daylight robbery", adding that money laundering was also suspected. It believed the sums involved could amount to millions of dollars and that ordinary people such as small traders and teachers were among those duped.




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