Woman charged with conspiracy to defraud KRA Sh 10 million

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Milimani Law Courts

A woman has been charged with conspiracy to defraud Kenya Revenue Authority Sh 10 million excise duty.

Caroline Njoki Kuria is accused of conspiring to defraud Sh 10 million by presenting eleven cheques to Nation Bank of Kenya Technical University of Mombasa branch purporting them to be genuine cheques issued by I&M Bank Limited.

 She is alleged to have committed the offence on or about 16th December 2019 jointly with others not before court.

The accused is also charged with obtaining 224,000 pieces of excise duty stamps from Commissioner of Domestic taxes by falsely pretending she had paid Sh 10 million being payment to settle excise duty debt of Sh 17,375, 966.

She is said to have committed this offence on 20th December 2019 at Times Tower within Nairobi Court Njoki jointly with others not before court, with intent to defraud.

In another count, Kuria is charged with breaking into a motor vehicle and stealing HP laptop valued SH. 56,000, cash Sh 54,000, a cheque book of 23 leaves valued at Sh 253 the property of Andrew Onyango Okoth.

Kuria is alleged to have committed the offence on 25th July 2019 at Agro house parking yard in Nairobi jointly with others not before court.

She denied the charges before Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku and was granted a bond of Sh 1 million or cash bail of Sh 300, 000.