Do you remember Malong Junior? a South Sudanese ‘businessman’ and socialite known for posting photographs of himself lying on the bed full of dollars, who when asked where he got all the money, said that Jesus gave it to him.. well, he and two others have been remanded to Luzira prison for obtaining money by false pretense
30 year old Malong, a resident of High Neem No. 3 in Juba and Mirano Hotel in Kabalagala, a Kampala suburb was jointly charged with Mike Okitalunyi Lota a broker from Congo who is a resident of Munyonyo in Makindye Division, and Gavana Thaddeus Zikusooka AKA James Byaruhanga, a businessman in Kajansi.
It is alleged that between February 2017 and December 2018 at different places in Kampala, Malong, Lota and Zikusooka obtained $1.9 million from businessman Wegnew Desire purporting that they were selling him 150kg of gold whereas not.
Mr Wegnew a South African based businessman of Ethiopian origin explained that the suspects approached him purporting to sell him gold at $23,000 per kilogramme.
“When I paid them money for the kilogramme, they told me that the shipment was not possible for small amounts. They asked me for more money such that they can ship five kilogrammes. I flew to Dubai but while there, they called me to Uganda and they told me to give them more money such that they could sell me 150kgs,” he said.
According to Wegnew, Malong offered himself as a license holder for gold trade while Lota was the seller.
In the bid to raise money for the entire 150kgs, Wegnew revealed that he acquired loans from South Africa where he is on the verge of losing both his businesses and his home.