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Canadian National Charged With USD350,000 Investment Fraud
A Canadian citizen who is alleged to have obtained
357,300 US dollars from an American citizen using fake investment scheme was on Friday charged with fraud.
Phillip William Knight was arraigned at Milimani Law Courts where he denied the charges.
It is alleged that on diverse dates between September and October 2024, with intend to defraud, he obtained the said money from Casey Drew Cain by falsely pretending that he would invest the money for profit in World Food Programme and Sunshine Minerals Limited.
He was also charged with forging a letter from United Nations World Food Programme and using the said letter to defraud Cain USD 357,300.
The state further alleged that the suspect on September 30, 2024, defrauded Cain USD 163,000 by forging a World Food Programme Invoice purporting it to be genuine document from the United Nations.
Knight was apprehended on March 22, 2025, at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport following a stop order issued by the Kenyan government.
His arrest followed a complaint by Casey Drew Cain, who accused Knight of luring him into fraudulent investment deals.
The matter will be mentioned on April 17,2025.
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