Exposed: Fake lawyer Thomas Otieno Ngoe and businessman Nicolas Ndolo charged with defrauding a foreigner Sh139million in gold scam
A Fake lawyer and a businessman who allegedly defrauded a US national Sh139m in a fake gold deal were on Tuesday charged before the court.
Thomas Otieno Ngoe and Thomas Otieno Ngoe appeared before Milimani senior principal magistrate Zainab Abdul and denied three counts of obtaining money by false pretenses, conspiracy to commit a felony, and forgery.
The prosecution said that they allegedly committed the offense on dates between February 3 and 11, 2023, through a bank at Yaya Centre Branch Kilimani within Nairobi City County.
They are accused that jointly with others, not before the court, conspired to commit a felony namely obtaining money by false pretense amounting to USD 1,000,000, the property of Seth Adam Bernstein.
Through their lawyers, the two businessmen pleaded for ...