A lawyer and a businessman have been charged with defrauding a United States citizen Ksh.139 million in a fake gold deal.
Nicholas Otieno Ndolo and Thomas Otieno Ngoe on Tuesday appeared before Nairobi Senior Principal Magistrate Zainab Abdul and denied three counts of obtaining money by false pretences, conspiracy to commit a felony, and forgery.
The prosecution alleged that on diverse dates between February 3 – 11, 2023, through and Equity Bank account Yaya Centre branch, jointly with others not before court, conspired to commit a felony namely obtaining money by false pretense to wit USD 1 million, the property of Seth Adam Bernstei.
The two pleaded not guilty and were granted a cash bail of Ksh.500,000 each with two sureties.
