SHACU re-arrests suspect in sh13b gold scam over forgery
His current arrest comes in the wake of an investigation by SHACU and CID into documents that Mohammed allegedly used to secure bail.
former managing director of Duck Hunters Security Services Limited, Ali Mohammed was arrested shortly after he appeared before Makindye Court magistrate Robert Magara for mention of his case. (Courtesy photo)
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The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) and the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) officers have re-arrested the former managing director of Duck Hunters Security Services Limited, Ali Mohammed, on fresh charges of forgery.
Mohammed was arrested shortly after he appeared before Makindye Court magistrate Robert Magara for mention of his case, where he is accused alongside others of defrauding Dubai-based investors of sh13 billion in a fake gold scam.
He was on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, whisked away to SHACU offices at Parliamentary Complex to record a statement before being detained at Wandegeya Police Station.
His current arrest comes in the wake of an investigation by SHACU and CID into documents that Mohammed allegedly used to secure bail. The fake documents include a marriage certificate and a forged medical report from Kibuli Hospital in which the suspect claimed he was suffering from diabetes.
On June 16, 2026, there was a standoff at Makindye Magistrate's Court for almost four hours, stretching up to 10:00pm, as operatives from SHACU and CID waited outside the court after Magistrate Magara declined to cancel Mohammed’s bail after the state alleged he had forged documents that were used in releasing him.
The move prompted SHACU and CID operatives to slap fresh charges of fraud and forgery against him.
The suspect was supposed to appear before the magistrate at 3:00pm, but the court session was delayed until 6:30pm. At 6:30pm, the magistrate called the suspect to the dock, where his lawyer, Norman Pande, requested that Magara remove one of Mohammed's sureties, Janet Mbabazi, who had been presented to court as the wife of the accused in order to secure his release.
“One of our sureties, Mbabazi, wants to travel and in her absence, it will almost be impossible for her to continue serving as a surety,” Pande informed the magistrate.
However, State Attorney Christine Opia opposed the grounds for the removal of Mbabazi as a surety and asked the magistrate to cancel Mohammed's bail on grounds that he had presented fake documents, which included a marriage certificate and medical report from Kibuli Hospital where he alleged he was diabetic.
Opia requested the magistrate to use the grounds of forgery to cancel Mohammed's bail.
“The truth, your worship, is that the accused person has never suffered from diabetes and actually gave false information to court in the interest of defeating justice. There was also no marriage and the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council wrote back to court indicating that the marriage between Mohammed and Mbabazi was a forgery,” he stated.
The state attorney also presented a copy of an affidavit sworn by a detective attached to SHACU, Sadik Diwale, which indicated that SHACU and CID had investigated both documents used in granting Mohammed bail and found them to be forgeries.
Opia argued that when Mohammed got to know that SHACU was investigating the origin of the documents he used to get bail, he (Mohammed) decided to withdraw them.
“He is now coming up to withdraw his alleged wife as a surety, and yet court considered her as one of the grounds to grant him bail. It's clear the two are planning to escape out of the country because they know the marriage certificate and medical reports have been found to be forged,” Opia said.