Kampala businessman remanded over Shs1.1bn fake presidential project
Court heard that between July 2022 and April 2023, the accused fraudulently obtained USD 286,910 (approximately Shs1.1 billion) from Qatar-based investors under the guise...
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6 Ugandans Arrested in Connection to USD 3.4 Mn Equity Bank Rwanda Digital Heist
The cross-border heist signifies a new frontier in the evolving nature of financial crime, where digital fraud is increasingly sophisticated, fast-moving and now, transna...
South Sudan Gold Dealer Malong In More Trouble Over Fraud, Money Laundering As Court Freezes His Bank Accounts, Multibillion Properties Caveated…
Justice Micheal Elubu of the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court has issued a Court order freezing bank accounts opened in the names of General Trading Limited reg...
Court confirms Entebbe Mayor Fabrice’s involvement in Money Laundering with M23 Rebels
The High Court of Uganda has dismissed a civil suit filed by the NRM Mayor of Entebbe Municipality Fabrice Brad Rulinda against Stanbic Bank Uganda, confirming that the b...
Over 7,000 illegal gaming machines worth Shs8.8 billion seized across Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 7,000 illegal gaming machines worth Shs8.8 billion have been seized across Uganda over the past five years in operations aim...
Shs60bn BoU Heist: Nine Finance Ministry officials committed to high court for trial
Nine Finance Ministry officials have been committed to the High Court after the DPP sanctioned fresh charges in the alleged Shs60bn public funds loss case.Nine Finance Mi...
DIRTY MONEY WATCHDOG IN THE DOCK! Probe Catches FIA Napping as Illicit Cash Slips Through the Net… Recruitment Chaos, 1,086 Suspicious Reports Ignored, 79% of Cases Stall
For an institution created to sniff out dirty money and choke financial crime at its roots, the spotlight is now uncomfortably fixed on the watchdog itself.A damning Valu...
Celebrations as Masaka court releases Fr Deusdedit Ssekabira
Celebrations erupted at Masaka High Court today as Catholic faithful, church leaders, family and friends broke into songs and praise following the release on bail of Rev...
STANBIC BANK FRAUD! Suspects in Enid Kukunda’s Sh725M Theft Eye Plea, Linked to Another Sh400M ABSA Heist!
One of the suspects charged over an attempted Shs 725 million fraud targeting Stanbic Bank has opened negotiations with the State to resolve the case through a plea barga...
Ex-Trade Ministry PS Ssali, MPs Mawanda, Akamba Return to Anti-Corruption Court in Shs3.8 Billion Fraud Case
Left to right: MPs Michael Mawanda, Paul Akamba, lawyer Julius Kirya, ex-Ministry of Trade PS Geraldine Ssali and Elgon MP Ignitius Mudimi Wamakuyu in the dock during the...