The State House Anti-Corruption Unit together with police have arraigned Magomu Eddy before the Chief Magistrates Court in Sironko where he was charged with unauthorized use or interception of computer services and Theft.
The accused and others still at large used a SIM card registered in the names of Magomu Eddy to collect UGX5M, money from PDM Wendi App accounts of 5 victims.
Wendi is a mobile application used to transfer the PDM funds to beneficiaries.
Magomu and others still at large allegedly illegally obtained the PINs of the victims without their knowledge and changed them after which they hacked their Wendi mobile accounts, only for them to see notifications on their phones showing that their PINs had changed and money had been transferred to a number registered in the names of Magomu Eddy.
Magomu is neither a PDM beneficiary nor a resident of Sironko district. According to the authorities, a total of Shs5 million had been swindled from five beneficiaries.
However, Magomu denies involvement in the fraudulent activities, shifting blame to one Hellen Nambozo, who she says secured a SIM card under his name.
“I gave the lady the line (sim card), but I have no idea how she accessed the money,” he said.
He has been remanded until 21/03/2024.
Wendi is a third-party mobile wallet used by Post Bank to channel funds to PDM beneficiaries’ phones.
Its objective was to ease access to the funds and to reduce travel expenses and long queues at the far-away bank branch in Mbale City.
