Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula has questioned whether a respected international bank like Barclays can have fake currency in its safe.
He refuses to believe so demanding that the Bank defends its reputation or be seriously sanctioned by the regulator.
The head of Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti says Sh2 billion in fake US dollars have been found stashed in bank client’s safe deposit box.
This is after Flying Squad officers on Tuesday pitched tent at Barclays Bank Kenya, Queensway branch, Nairobi, to investigate a fake currency syndicate that has taken the city by storm.
Accompanied by detectives from the DCI, the officers spent hours at the bank, with reports indicating that a customer had brought in a haul of fake cash.
The hitherto unnamed client is said to have been keeping fake dollars in one of the bank’s safes.
The man is said to have been bringing potential investors to the bank to see his ‘largesse’ and police suspect he was on a mission to defraud the business people.