A man has been charged with forging a bank statement and acquisition of Sh 15.8 million proceeds of crime.

Edward Nyanga’u Mauti is accused accused of forging a bank statement for a Co-operative Bank of Kenya account.

Mauti is alleged to have committed the offense on or about 7th September 2021 at unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, with intent to defraud.

The accused person is also charged wit uttering the forged statement at Equity Bank, Eastleigh Branch.

The accused is said to have uttered to Zacharia Bogonko Ogeto, an employee of Equity Bank Limited, the forged bank statement fora  Co-operative Bank of Kenya account alleged to be held in the name of Bluescope Enterprises Limited, purporting it to be a genuine document, a fact he knew to be false.

Mauti is also charged that on 17th November 2021, he acquired through crediting into an Equity Bank Limited bank account held in the name of Bluescope Enterprises Limited a sum Sh 15,820,000 whilst at the time of acquisition he knew or ought to have reasonably known that the said money was or formed part of proceeds of crime.

He denied the charges before Senior Principal Magistrate Theresa Nyangena and was granted a bond of Sh 3 million with alternative cash bail of Sh 2 million.

The case will be mentioned on 23rd April for pre-trial.