By Angel Lubowa
The State House Anti corruption unit
working with Uganda police and the office of the DPP arraigned a one Ngabirano Gerald before the Kabale Chief Magistrate’s Court, on charges of forgery, uttering false documents, and conspiracy to commit fraud.
He denied the charges and was remanded to Ndorwa prison in Kabale till the 4th March 2025
Court heard that the suspect In January 2025, SH-ACU received a tip-off from a whistleblower regarding an attempted fraud on a bank account belonging to Karekezi Stephen held at DFCU Bank in Kampala.
It was further revealed that the suspect, together with others still at large, had illicitly acquired garnishee orders from His Worship Tumwebaze Kenneth, the Deputy Registrar of the High Court in Kabale.
These court orders instructed DFCU Bank to disburse over UGX 689,750,300/= from the account of Karekezi Stephen, purportedly to settle a non-existent debt owed to Ngabirano Gerald.
The suspects submitted fabricated documents and other misleading information, thereby manipulating the legal system to secure the issuance of the court orders for the attachment of monies on the account
Fortunately, SH-ACU acted
promptly to instruct DFCU Bank to freeze the account preventing any financial loss.
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