The self-proclaimed richest man in South Sudan, Lawrence Lual Malong Yor Junior has been sentenced to 6 years in prison by a Ugandan Court over a gold scam worth millions of dollars.
Lawrence Lual Malong Yor was alongside two others handed the sentence by the High Court Anti-Corruption Division in Kampala.
He was found guilty of obtaining $1 million (about Sh107 million) via false pretenses.
He was also charged alongside Mike Lota, a Congolese national, and Gavana Zhikusoka of defrauding an Ethiopian national.
It is reported that Malong had passed off to gold dealers as a son of a general in South Sudan during his dealings with the businessmen. He also claimed to be ‘connected’ to Uganda President Yoweri Museveni.
In his prime, Malong, a businessman and socialite uploaded several photos and videos of himself ‘swimming’ in United States Dollars on Facebook before later appearing on the Jeff Koinange Live talk show on Citizen TV where he flossed about his wealth.
Buganda Road magistrate, Joan Ketty Acaa remanded the trio to Luzira prison until yesterday when they appeared back in Court for sentencing.
