A man has been arraigned in court and charged with obtaining over Sh 25 million from a businessman by false pretenses.
Samir Munyinyi was charged with intent to defraud Sh 27,700,000 from one Mertoglu Muhammet by falsely pretending that he was in a position to sell him 360 kilograms of gold, a fact he knew to be false.
Munyinyi is alleged to have committed the offense on diverse dates between 28th March and 12th April 2018 at Wu Yi plaza along Galana road in Kilimani within Nairobi county.
The accused, who has been in custody for several days vide a miscellaneous application seeking to detain him as police completed investigations, denied the charges before Senior Principal Magistrate Martha Mutuku.
Through lawyer Stanly Kangahi, the accused requested the court to release on lenient bond terms.
The magistrate granted him a bond of Sh 2 million and one surety of the same amount or alternative cash bail of Sh 500,000. further she directed that if the accused was to pay the cash bail, he should avail one contact person to deposit his national ID in court.
The case will be heard on 11th September 2018.
