A Nairobi court has dealt a significant blow to businessman Jayesh Kumar Probudus Kotecha’s attempts to escape prosecution in a Sh706.9 million fraud case after Principal Magistrate Carolyne Mugo dismissed the Director of Public Prosecutions’ controversial application to withdraw the charges. Magistrate Mugo accused DPP Renson Ingonga of abusing the court process and operating with […]
The deposit taking Sacco sought High Court through lawyer Cecil Miller to restrain the DCI or its agents from arresting or charging the officials or the continued harassment or questioning the Board of Directors, pending hearing and determination of the case.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has directed the Makupa Police Station to charge lawyer Joseph M. Munyithia and Farid Mohamed Almaary with fraud-related offenses in connection with a disputed KSh 25 million land transaction. The case revolves around a sale agreement entered into on 19th May 2021 between Pauline Kanini Mutiso, […]
They are accused of conspiring to defraud the financial institution by diverting Sh82,826,000, meant for the purchase of parcel of land LR23269/35 at Nairobi.
The audit placed blame squarely on top executives, including former managing director George Ototo, finance manager George Owino, and chairman George Magutu.
The court papers said that the accused person after alledgly receiving the said amount from the complainant started playing hide and seek prompting her to report the matter to the police station.
A hotel manager has been charged with maliciously damaging a Pride Inn Hotel building. Mohammed Shabbir Noorani, manager of Pride Inn Hotel, was accused that jointly with others not before court, he willfully and unlawfully destroyed Pride Inn hotel building, the property of Imran Abdul Salaam. He allegedly committed the offence between May 1, 2020 […]
The High Court has dismissed a suit filed by minority owner of Bluebird Aviation who accused his partners of siphoning more than $1 billion (Sh108 billion) from the airline through tax evasion, fraud and money laundering. Justice Alfred Mabeya brought to an end the five-year court battle pitting Adan Abdi Yussuf against three other owners […]
An audit report has soaked Geothermal Development Company (GDC) managing director and embattled CEO Johnson ole Nchoe in an insider fraud after it emerged that he irregularly approved a Sh20 million mortgage scheme for an employee who did not qualify. According to documents in DCI’s possession, Nchoe allowed Simon Cheruiyot, GDC’s Human Resources and Administration […]
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is investigating West Pokot County’s Water Department for embezzlement of Sh300 million meant to construct boreholes that had already been set up by Pokot Outreach Ministries, a non-governmental organisation operating in the large Pokot area. EACC sleuths drawn from Eldoret and Nairobi offices stormed and seized assorted documents from the […]
Coast Directorate of Criminal Investigations Boss Washington Njiru has seeked the help of Interpol to have two Germans involved in the fraudulent and fabricated transfer of shares that saw Wilfred Guenther, a German investor lose directorship and ownership of Sh2 billion Mombasa based Hotel. DCI had on Wednesday said that two foreigners were being sought […]
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