Man charged before Mombasa court for faking kin deaths to obtain Sh600,000 insurance claims
Drama played out yesterday before a Mombasa based court where a man was charged for falsifying kin deaths to obtain Sh600,000 insurance claims by menaces.
While appearing before Mombasa Resident Magistrate Viola Muthoni, Philip Odero Kauma was charged with three counts of obtaining money by false pretenses and one count of attempted to obtain money by false pretext.
In the first count, he admitted to obtaining Sh100, 000 as the last expense claim from a local insurance company on June 2, 2021 at a bank branch within Mombasa County, by falsely pretending that Veronica Anyango Odero died June 16, 2021.
In the second count, Kauma confessed to have obtained Sh100, 000 as last expense claim from the insurer on September 2, 2021 at a branch within Mombasa County by falsely pretending that Benedetta Makanda Kauma is deceased.
And in the third count, the suspect admitted to receiving Sh250, 000 as last expense claim from the same insurance company on October 5, 2021 at the same branch within Mombasa County by falsely pretending that Benedetta Makanda Kauma is dead.
In the fourth count, Kauma attempted to receive Sh500,000 as last expense from the insurance firm on October 5, 2021 using the same branch within Mombasa County by falsely pretending that Serephine Anyango Juma had died August 30, 2021.
Prosecution counsel Mohamed Yassir prayed for more time to conclude the investigation and enable him to read the facts of the case.
The matter will be mentioned on February 13, 2023.
