Man Charged Over Alleged USD 394,209 Fraud, Police Launch Manhunt For Three Others

Detectives are pursuing Muna Dahir Dalmar, Salma Osman Gureye, and Shamis Warsame Osman in connection with an alleged conspiracy to defraud and for giving false information to a person employed in public office an offense for which Abdinoor Sharmake Mohamed has already been arraigned.

Abdinoor was charged at the Makadara Law Courts over what investigators describe as an elaborate scheme designed to extort money and manipulate the justice system in a disputed USD 394,209 claim.

The investigations date back to 2023 when Abdinoor and his three accomplices now at large filed a report at Pangani Police Station alleging they had been defrauded USD 394,209 by a businessman.

They claimed that in 2022, they had invested the amount in cash in the businessman’s company, African Express Cargo, as part of a joint cargo venture in Nairobi.

According to their complaint, the businessman received the funds, failed to operationalize the business, became evasive, and eventually fled to a neighboring country. To support their claims, they presented an Acknowledgement of Debt dated May 2, 2023, purportedly signed by the businessman before an advocate.

However, detectives from Starehe Sub-County took over the matter and traced the businessman to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in March 2025. His arrest marked a dramatic turning point in the case.

He denied the allegations and instead accused individuals posing as police officers of abducting him, unlawfully detaining him, confiscating his passport, and coercing him under duress to sign the debt agreement.

He further claimed he was forced to pay USD 17,000 to secure his release and recover his passport, and an additional USD 30,000 under threats of deportation.

The new claims prompted a thorough and painstaking investigation that dismantled the original complaint. Detectives established that the report lodged at Pangani Police Station had been fabricated as part of a calculated scheme.

Travel records revealed that the alleged victim was not in the country on the dates the fraud was said to have occurred. Similarly, the three complainants were also outside Kenya at the time.

Investigators also found no evidence placing any of the parties at the Nairobi hotel where the alleged cash transaction was said to have taken place.

The case file was forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), which concluded that the report constituted the deliberate provision of false information to public officers, with the intent to coerce, extort, and obstruct justice.

Abdinoor Sharmake Mohamed was subsequently arrested and charged under MCCR No. E1091/2026 for conspiracy to defraud and giving false information. His three alleged accomplices Muna Dahir Dalmar, Salma Osman Gureye, and Shamis Warsame Osman remain at large as detectives intensify efforts to bring them to book.