Businessman charged with fraudulently obtaining more than Sh60M by false pretense
A businessman was charged on Friday in a Nairobi court with obtaining more than Sh60 million from another trader by pretending he could ship 435kg of gold.
Sikanda Ismail Abdalla Saleh, who appeared before Milimani senior principal magistrate Martha Mutuku, denied two counts of obtaining money by false pretences.
He was granted a bond of Sh1 million or an alternative Sh500,000 cash bail, pending the hearing of the case on October 27.
The court heard that on December 19, 2016, in Nairobi, Saleh jointly with others not before the court, obtained $570,000 (Sh58.7 million) from Prakash Robert Deeplal Baichan to ship the gold from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, to Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates. Saleh is also accused of obtaining another $51,100 (Sh5.3 million) .
Senior state counsel Solomon Naulikha told the court he intends to consolidate the case with a similar case coming up for hearing on October 27. -The Star
