How three men defrauded Gikomba businessman of Sh1.1 million worth of duvets

Three suspects are facing charges of obtaining 51 bales of duvets worth Sh1,101,000 million by pretences from businessman Khalif Gure, the proprietor of Golden Star Luxury Limited.

According to court papers, the incident occurred on diverse dates between September 6 and 19 2024, in contravention of section 313 of the Penal Code.

The three are Peter Kabunga Kamau alias Anthony Kimani Gitau, Daniel Muira Gathuru alias James Muiruri Gichuki, and John Ngige Gachanga alias Jonte.

The trio fraudulently claimed to have ordered various bales of duvets of different sizes and said they made payments through the business's bank account.

It later emerged that they produced an edited bank account slip as proof of payment for the goods, which was confirmed by Gure's employee to be fake.

They further clarified that payment had been made to the company's pay bill, and with confusion, reintroduced themselves as businessmen, but still no money had been deposited into the account.

The matter was reported at the Kamukunji police station, and the suspects were traced and arrested, with only nine bales of the duvets being recovered.

They denied the charges before Senior Principal Magistrate Douglas Mutiso of the Makadara Law Courts.

The prosecution had opposed bail and bond for the three suspects telling the court that the fourth suspect who is the mastermind of the scam is still at large and releasing the three would jeopardise the efforts by the police to trace him.

The suspects will remain at the Nairobi Area Remand and Allocation Prison awaiting the ruling on their application for bail and bond on October 1, 2024.