Lawyer Geofrey Mbobua Charged For Fraud

Geoffrey Kinoti Mbobua, an advocate of the High Court, has been charged alongside tycoon Humphrey Kariuki in the Sh41 billion tax evasion dispute.

The director of alcohol manufacturer Africa Spirits Limited (ASL) has been charged with 18 counts of tax evasion, tax fraud, aiding the commission of tax offences and being in possession of counterfeit excise stamps and excisable goods. Mr Mbobua denied all charges before chief magistrates Francis Andayi and Martha Mutuku.

Mbobua is accused of aiding two companies linked to the tycoon, ASL and Wow Beverages, to conceal 122,610 bottles of alcoholic drinks which were affixed with counterfeit excise stamps in order to evade paying requisite tax.