Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi has remanded 45-year-old boda boda rider George Byaruhanga, also known as Ronald Kintu, over allegations of electronic fraud.
Byaruhanga faces six charges, including electronic fraud, personation, forgery, and uttering false documents, in connection with a scheme that allegedly defrauded Centenary Bank of more than Shs 332 million. He was remanded to continue facing the case at a later hearing.
According to prosecutor Grace Amy, in February 2025, Byaruhanga used the fake identities of Ronald Kintu and Rogers Ainembabazi to illegally transfer Shs 332 million from a Centenary Bank account to another account at Exim Bank.
Court documents reveal that the deception went beyond a forged ID. Using a falsified national identity card in Kintu’s name, Byaruhanga reportedly bypassed the bank’s biometric system, obtained a Visa card, and withdrew Shs 50 million in cash.
Investigators allege that he then wired Shs 250 million to an Exim Bank account and later siphoned an additional Shs 32.2 million through agent banking. Forensic analysis reportedly uncovered a trail of forged paperwork, from account forms to fake IDs, which facilitated the fraud.
