A former financial controller at Sheffield Steel Systems Limited has been charged with stealing over Sh 146 million.
Jane Achieng Eshiwani Okumu is accused of stealing Sh 146, 519, 413.75 which got into her possession by virtue of her employment at Sheffield Steel.
Okumu is alleged to have committed the offense between 15th May 2018 and 25th August 2021 at Sheffield Steel off Mombasa Road in Nairobi, jointly with others not before court.
The accused person is also charged with forging the signature of Dr. Suresh Kanotra, the Managing Director at Sheffield Steel Systems Ltd.
In addition, Okumu is accused of forging a letter purporting to be signed by Sheffield Steel’s managing director, Dr. Suresh Kanotra, and later uttered the same document at Housing Finance Corporation in Nairobi.
The accused person is further accused of falsifying more than 303 company cheque counter foils belonging to Sheffield Steel.
Other charges against Okumu include money laundering, fraudulent false accounting and uttering false documents.
She denied the charges before Principal Magistrate Paul Mutai.
The court will hear the bail application on 6th October 2024.
