Remanded: Utamuriza being led out of Nakawa Court
The agent banking sector in Uganda has been hit by fraud after an agent in Kampala was arrested for allegedly stealing Shs 100Million.
Asha Utamuriza, a mobile money operator with TRINTEL limited in Ntinda, a city suburb, is accused of allegedly stealing Shs 84M from Mindset Solution limited and Shs 25, 267,000 from TRINTEL Limited.
The charge sheet seen by Business Focus indicates that Utamuriza allegedly stole Shs 84M on March 22, 2022, from MINDSET Solution limited an account owned and managed by a businesswoman only identified as Irene, who runs a mobile banking business in Ntinda, Kampala.
The charge sheet.
In the second count, Utamuriza, a Mukiga by tribe, is also alleged to have stolen Shs25, 267,000 from TRINTEL Limited, the mobile money agency that employs her.
Although she denied the charges, sources privy to the matter reveal that the said money was banking float owned by Mindset Solutions Uganda limited, which operates a mobile banking business.
It is said that the owners of the two company decided to report the electronic financial fraud to police after they discovered irregular transactions on their accounts.
Jailed: Utamuriza.
The sources reveal that although Utamuriza at first denied the fraudulent transactions, intense interrogation and detectives tabling evidence, she found herself cornered.
However, she was paraded before court, Utamuriza denied the charges and she was remanded to Luzira Prison until April 19th, 2022.
This is because the sureties she presented did not have some of the documents that were required by court so that she could be granted bail.
