An accountant has been arraigned in a Mombasa court for his alleged role in a conspiracy to defraud four logistics companies of over Ksh200 million.
Robert Wangila Wandera, who previously worked as a company accountant, was charged with multiple counts, including conspiracy to defraud, stealing by servants, false accounting, forgery, and money laundering.
Principal Magistrate Gladys Ollimo heard that the accused, jointly with others not before the court, conspired and defrauded the four firms through fraudulent withdrawal of cash at Absa Bank Kenya Limited.
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Wandera was also charged with stealing by a servant while working as an accountant with a logistics firm.
He also faced another charge of making false accounting, which Principal Prosecution Counsel Alex Gituma told the court involved making false entries into the companies’ book of accounts to show Bwanyange Limited paid over Ksh200 million to the four companies for goods, forex trading remittances and other transactions.
He was accused jointly with others not before the court of defrauding Igsar Group Company Limited, Husaaba Trading Company Limited, Sunova International Limited and Inland Logistics, all Mombasa-based companies.
Wandera was also accused of forging the signature of Thomas Evans Huntly in a letter of acceptance dated May 20, 2020, to him accepting being a director of Bwanyange Company Limited, purporting it to be genuine.
The court also heard that the suspect uttered forged minutes of Bwanyange Limited signed by Thomas Evans Huntly, which were launched using the E-citizen account of Anderson Kombe Hare.
He is also charged with giving false information to Business Registration Officer Ann Kanake using a letter that she omits Thomas Evan Huntly as a director and shareholder in Bwangange Company Limited.
Wandera denied all the charges and was released on bond.
The court also summoned his two other co-accused, Alex Mutemi Mwenga and Barnabas Agar, to take a plea to the charges.
Two other suspects, Pavan Kentan Ramji Shah and Anderson Kombe Hare, were charged two months ago.
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