On Friday morning, Police arrested and detained self-proclaimed tycoon Brian Kirumira alias Bryan White for allegedly obtaining money by false pretense.
Police officers accompanied by court bailiffs broke into Bryan White’s house after the self-proclaimed tycoon refused to open the gate.
By press time, court brokers were impounding a fleet of his posh cars and furniture which he allegedly acquired on credit.
Bryan White is said to have picked billions of shillings from money lenders which he used to buy posh cars and expensive furniture for his rented house in Buziga.
His creditors later flocked the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters after his arrest demanding for their money.
Mr Kirumira’s landlord and Captain Mike Mukula, the chairman of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Eastern Uganda are some of the people who rushed to CID headquarters with claims of over Shs1 billion in unpaid money.
Captain Mukula told detectives that Kirumira took his two vehicles and promised to pay a balance of about Shs200 million but didn’t.
Mr Kirumira’s landlord also appeared at CID and asked police officers to help him get his Shs500 million in rent arrears and also evict him from his home.
The CID spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent of Police Charles Twine, said Mr Kirumira is being held for obtaining vehicles by false pretence.
“He says he got vehicles from one Yassah Matovu Seguya and made all payments and provided receipt of payment in the banks. But the receipts he provided are said to be those of earlier transactions, which brings in an element that before he got the cars he had premeditated mind with intent to defraud Seguya of his goods,” ASP Twine said as quoted by the Daily Monitor.
This is not the first time Bryan White is arrested. In 2018, Police raided his home and impounded a luxurious Mercedes Benz Cross Country on allegations that he acquired it fraudulently.
It was alleged that Bryan White bought a Mercedes Benz Cross Country and paid only US$100,000 of US$250,000 (about Shs930,146,032). He allegedly promised to pay the balance, which he did not, prompting the former owner to report a criminal case of obtaining goods by false pretence against Bryan White.
